Introducing Creative Cosmos – a series of conversations exploring local and global contemporary art.

The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis

THE OTOLITH GROUP: XENOGENESIS

THE OTOLITH GROUP: XENOGENESIS

Learn more about the current exhibition at Buxton Contemporary

Xenogenesis at the Van Abbemuseum – Exhibition Catalogue

Xenogenesis at the Van Abbemuseum – Exhibition Catalogue

SEE THE EXHIBITION

SEE THE EXHIBITION

See installation views and read wall labels written by artist Kodwo Eshun

INTERVIEW: THE OTOLITH GROUP & CURATOR ANNIE FLETCHER

INTERVIEW: THE OTOLITH GROUP & CURATOR ANNIE FLETCHER

Curator Annie Fletcher and artists Anjalika Sagar & Kodwo Eshun discuss 'The Third Part of the Third Measure' 2017

EXHIBITION READING LIST

EXHIBITION READING LIST

A suggested reading list to accompany The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis exhibition

WHAT IS AN OTOLITH?

WHAT IS AN OTOLITH?

Explained by Dr Ollie Thomas from the School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne

ABOUT THE OTOLITH GROUP

ABOUT THE OTOLITH GROUP

The Otolith Group was founded in 2002 and consists of Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun who live and work in London...

Melbourne’s major new art museum draws upon the Michael Buxton Collection as a springboard for exhibitions, events, research, publishing and ideas.

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✨Creative Cosmos: 𝗞𝗨𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗛 ✨⁣
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#CreativeCosmos is a digital program of conversations with artists represented in the #BuxtonContemporary Collection and beyond. Global in reach the series is intended to celebrate diversity in contemporary culture profiling distinctive practices. ⁣⁣
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Link in bio - #KushanaBush in conversation with @melissa_keys ⁣
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image: Kushana Bush, 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 2015, gouache, metallic paint and pencil on paper, 50.5 × 70 cm, Collection of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

You can READ a full interview with @marcofusinatos

You can READ a full interview with @marcofusinatostudio & @melissa_keys as part of Creative Cosmos - link in bio - ➕you can LISTEN to an excerpt of Spectral Arrows Melbourne at culturalcommons.edu.au 🔊 lucky youuu ⁣
Marco Fusinato, 𝘚𝘗𝘌𝘊𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘓 𝘈𝘙𝘙𝘖𝘞𝘚: 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦, 9 June 2018, 6-hour performance, Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne, photography Renato Colangelo⁣
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𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 is an ongoing series of long-duration performances for guitar and mass amplification. In 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴, Fusinato arrives at the venue when it opens for business, sets up his equipment facing a wall and proceeds to play for the whole day until the end of business hours. The sound of 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 becomes a monumental aural sculpture, filling the gallery, not with steel or concrete, but with vibrations travelling through air.⁣
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#MarcoFusinato #BuxtonContemporary #Uomculturalcommons #unimelb

Marco Fusinato, 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 #7 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈 𝘋𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴⁣
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The Joseph Beuys multiple Rose für direkte Demokratie (‘Rose for Direct Democracy’), a graduated glass cylinder with inscription, is taken to a commercial photographer with a bouquet fo fresh long-stem roses. Each flower is placed into the cylinder and photographed, the image then printed at 1:1 scale. The 12 photographs are exhibited in a row as an arrangement.⁣
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🥀 LINK IN BIO 🥀 Creative Cosmos: @marcofusinatostudio in conversation with @melissa_keys ⁣
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Image: Marco Fusinato, 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 #7 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈 𝘋𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 2006, digital Type-C photograph on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, 139 x 93 cm (framed), edition of 5, Courtesy of the artist and @annaschwartzgallery

Marco Fusinato, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 ⁣
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A ceiling-height freestanding wall with a small gap at each end is built to bisect the gallery. Hidden inside the wall is a series of microphones connected to a PA system. The entrance side of the gallery is empty. On the other side of the gallery, coming out from the bisecting wall, a baseball bat is attached to a steel chain. Visitors are invited to strike the wall. Their action is amplified at 120 dB.⁣
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⛓LINK IN BIO ⛓Creative Cosmos: @marcofusinatostudio in conversation with @melissa_keys ⁣
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Images: Marco Fusinato, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 2018, baseball bat, chain, purpose-built wall with internal PA at 120 dB, 600 x 2400 x 150 cm, installation view, SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium and Engagement, the 21st Biennale of Sydney, Carriageworks, Sydney, 2018, Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery @annaschwartzgallery

#UoMCulturalCommons 👀 Oooh! A new website you d

#UoMCulturalCommons 👀 Oooh! A new website you didn't know you needed! 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀.𝗲𝗱𝘂.𝗮𝘂 = @unimelb Archives, Museums, Galleries & Special Collections all in ONE place 🏠⁣
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#Unimelb #Archives #BuxtonContemporary @graingermuseum #Herbarium #medicalhistorymuseum #oldquad @potterunimelb @scigallerymel @specialcollectionsunimelb

Marco Fusinato, 𝘈𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘴 (𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘟), 2013⁣
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The equipment associated with spectacle, usually employed to highlight a performer, is directed at the gallery audience, whose physical presence triggers an intense assault of white light and white noise.⁣
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💣LINK IN BIO💣 Creative Cosmos: @marcofusinatostudio in conversation with @melissa_keys ⁣
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image: Marco Fusinato, 𝘈𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘴 (𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘟), 2013, 36,00 watts white light, 105 dB white noise, 40 x 500 cm box truss, Par can 56 lights, couplers, Lanbox LCM, DMX controller, dimmer racks, DMX mp3 player, line array PA, sensor, extension leads, shot bags, dimensions variable, Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

MK: ‘What ideas, forms of making, cultural codes

MK: ‘What ideas, forms of making, cultural codes and languages are you engaged with at the moment?’ MF: 💬🔝⁣
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Creative Cosmos: link in bio for full conversation with @marcofusinatostudio & @melissa_keys

Marco Fusinato, 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘕

Marco Fusinato, 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘕𝘖 𝘈𝘜𝘛𝘏𝘖𝘙𝘐𝘛𝘠, 2012 ⁣
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A backdrop by anarchist punk band Crass is made into a wool rug which covers the floor of the gallery, forcing the audience to walk across it. A concealed camera takes an image every time someone steps on the rug and sends it to a monitor at the far end of the gallery. With a delay between capture and display, visitors see their own image on top of the large-scale woven text.⁣
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💥LINK IN BIO💥Creative Cosmos: @marcofusinatostudio in conversation with @melissa_keys ⁣⁣
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Image: Marco Fusinato, 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘕𝘖 𝘈𝘜𝘛𝘏𝘖𝘙𝘐𝘛𝘠, 2012, wool rug, camera, monitor, 925 x 1204 cm, installation view, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney, Collection of Lyon Housemuseum, Melbourne⁣
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#CreativeCosmos #MarcoFusinato #buxtoncontemporary

‼️𝗯𝘂𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲

‼️𝗯𝘂𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆.𝗰𝗼𝗺‼️⁣⁣
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ALL of our exhibition catalogues on our website for your reading and flipping pleasure! 👀⁣
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Publication design: Tristan Main @listofworks
Between Appearances: the art of Louise Weaver cover image: Louise Weaver, Dream diviner 2019 (video still)⁣
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Bauhaus Now! cover image: Installation view, Mondspiel (Moon play) 2019 (detail), Mikala Dwyer and Justene Williams, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 26 July - 27 October 2019, mixed-media installation, Courtesy of the artist, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne; Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney; Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, ©️ the artists, photography Christian Capurro⁣⁣
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From the Collection cover image: Daniel von Sturmer, The truth effect 2003 (detail), Installation of five single-channel videos in DVD format, 5 custom-made screens, table and base, The University of Melbourne Art Collection, Michael Buxton Collection, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Michael and Janet Buxton 2018, ©️ the artist. ⁣⁣⁣

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