Melbourne White Night 2014

Melbourne put on a great party on Saturday night/ Sunday morning.  Half a million people flooded into the CBD, and everybody seemed to be having a good time - including me!  Projections were a dominant theme in what I saw, but it was impossible to see everything.

Swanston Street early in the evening

The projected beating heart in the Forum Theatre

 

Princes Bridge 

Spotlights behind Princes Bridge

Part of a projection in Flinders Lane

Some of the projection inside the La Trobe Reading Room of the State Library, curling round the bookcases on the upper levels

 

Looking up at the dome of the reading room, or just flaked out?

The dome

It was quite extraordinary to see a large queue of people waiting outside the State Library at midnight to get in to see this.  This was the only thing I queued for, but there were substantial queues for some of the other venues too.  Since I was there I also took in the exhibition of Piranesi prints.

Not long after this I went off to bed.  The party continued until 7 am.

Artist talks at Anita Traverso Gallery

To go go with the Salon² program at Anita Traverso Gallery there will be some artist talks (floor talks) on Saturday 22nd February, starting at 2.30 pm. I will be talking about my evolutionary artwork on display.

Anita Traverso Gallery
7 Albert Street Richmond, Melbourne, VIC 3121 (off Church St, a little south of Swan Street)
Tel +61 3 9428 7557
www.anitatraversogallery.com.au 

 

Salon Squared at Anita Traverso Gallery

Anita Traverso is launching a new program under than name Salon² at her gallery in Richmond. I am in the inaugural season—fourteen artists, in a range of styles, including a healthy dose of abstract and semi-abstract work, and varied media including painting, digital prints, photography and sculpture.

The works are on display from 5th February.  Launch event 13th February.

Anita Traverso Gallery
7 Albert Street Richmond, Melbourne, VIC 3121 (off Church St, a little south of Swan Street)
Tel +61 3 9428 7557
www.anitatraversogallery.com.au