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Laressa Kosloff, Spirit & Muscle 2006

Spirit & Muscle
Laressa Kosloff 2006
Digital video, 04:39 mins

On view 9 March until 24 June 2018.

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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• @taloihavini ⁣ “Light Source commission:

Our 6th Light Source Commission, 𝙐𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨 by @taloihavini
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In 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴, dynamic, floating compositions and arrangements of objects, places and designs, combined with hand-rendered digital painting, drawing and erasure, destabilise dominant narratives of place as well as colonising practices of documentation and mapping. ⁣
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Layered assemblages of images, maps, museums and colonial institutions some recognisable and seemingly half familiar, some indiscernible to all but those with shared cultural knowledge, resist externally imposed categorisation and are richly alive with personal, cultural, historical and political narratives and significance.⁣
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Images: Taloi Havini, 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 2021, 11 composite digital images © the artist, Light Source commission, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne, 2021

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🚨FINAL WEEK OF XENOGENESIS🚨⁣ ⁣ Current e

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶

Don’t miss the first Australian presentation of

The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis, curated by Annie F

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵⁣

Our 5th light source commission 'What Goes Around' evolved from a sculpture that Hossein Valamanesh crafted from items he serendipitously found in his studio during the early stages of the 2020 lockdown. Upon re-finding materials that he hadn’t worked with for some time, Hossein decided to use them to make a series of new forms that engage with ideas around chance and coincidence.⁣
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One of the outcomes was a memorial, formed from an upside-down chair holding a nest-like bundle of sticks with the four upwards facing legs alight with flames from small oil burners. The piece was made in memory of Honey, the Valamanesh’s much-loved family dog, who at the time of making had recently passed. ⁣🤍
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Image: #HosseinValamanesh 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 2020, Wooden chair, Persian salt bag, red-gum sticks & copper oil burners, 107 x 45 x 40 cm, © the artist, Photo by M. Kluvane⁣
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'𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽’𝘀 𝗫𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.' - @andyray87 in @satpaper

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 – 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 – 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦.

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Image: In the Year of the Quiet Sun 2013 (still), Courtesy of The Otolith Group and LUX, London, © the artists

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We respectfully acknowledge the Boonwurung and Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation, the traditional owners of the land on which Buxton Contemporary is situated.

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