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  • Person looking at an art installation of an abstract monster holding a child.
8 Nov - 12 Jun

A Miracle Constantly Repeated, by Patricia Piccinini

  • Art
  • Exhibition
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After holding Melbourne’s imagination for decades, the mysterious Flinders Street Station ballroom (and its surrounding hidden rooms) has opened to the public to become A Miracle Constantly Repeated – an ecosystem of hyper-real silicon sculptures, video, sound and light devised by Patricia Piccinini for RISING.

Piccinini has spent close to three decades exploring humanity’s relationship to technology and the environment. Her work has been exhibited at major Australian and international institutions and events including the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; and the Vancouver and Venice biennales.

For her first extensive hometown show in almost 20 years, Australia’s pre-eminent visual artist will augment the ballroom’s architecture with enormous dioramas, sentient saplings, nurturing marine mammals and enormous life-sustaining foliage.

Commissioned by RISING and supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative.

Dates and times

Date Times
Wed 18 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 19 May
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Fri 20 May
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sat 21 May
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sun 22 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 25 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 26 May
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Fri 27 May
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sat 28 May
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sun 29 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 1 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 2 Jun
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Fri 3 Jun
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sat 4 Jun
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sun 5 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 8 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 9 Jun
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Fri 10 Jun
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sat 11 Jun
  • 10am - 9pm 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sun 12 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Ballroom
Flinders Street Railway Station
Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Flinders Street Railway Station

Price and bookings

From $32 to $36

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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9662 4242
  • email address: ticketing@rising.melbourne
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