MoreArt Public Art Show

MoreArt 2017

Once again our totally unpredictable and fascinating community of artists presented acts of wonder across Moreland.

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Dylan Martorell and Chaco Kato of Slow Art Collective steadily transformed their West Street site into a temporary macrame wonderland called SEELAND.

Rushdi Anwar and Miream Salameh presented emotive installationsin front of the BrunswickTown Hall that both transfixed and engaged.

Artists Kate Davis and Hannan Jones lead a provocative and political workshop andprotest titled Collective Care that gave participants the chance to creatively express their passions and concerns in a supportive and fun atmosphere.

Ben Taranto planted his sculptural statement Timelapsed alongside the Upfield Bike path. Bringing a creative viewpoint of the human assisted degradation of our precious coral reefs.

Ilana Russell curated a series of pop up performances at Jewell Station titled Platform. The various artists had commuters toe tapping, singing and laughing their way through there daily commutes.

Maria Miranda and Norie Neumark were artists-in-residence presenting their work Waiting at Moreland Station. A collaborative work that explored the intimate life of worms using sound video, conversation and installation.

Joiwind Lowe wandered far and wide throughout Moreland with her project Specific Beauty. In this work she used the traditional advertising format of photographic bill posters to explore the repitition of an everyday hero image drawn from the local detail.

Liss Fenwick presented Periphery at Jewell Station, a light box installation that placed stark unsettling images from the Northern Territory into the urban space exploring our strange relationship with the Australian landscape.

Chris Humphries brought his delicate series of hand drawn tree scapes, Slide Show, to the Jewell Station customer service space transforming it into a imagined forest for all to enjoy.

RMIT University Link presented Artland at the Brunswick Campus, a student art-in-public-spaces exhibition. Congratulations to winners of the MoreArt award from this years show, Varuni Kanagasundaram and Richard MacHuca who have both been invited to participate in MoreArt 2018.

Big thanks to Projector Bike and Art Aficionados for facilitating a wonderful program of bike and walking tours in 2018.

Download MoreArt 2017 program (PDF 3Mb)