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  • A monumental carved wooden sculpture on display in a gallery setting.
  • Installation view inside a gallery, with a line drawing on the white wall and a sculpture in the middle distance on the polished concrete floor.
Until 5 Sep

Impractical Companions

  • Free
  • Art

What does it mean to be together, creatively, emotionally, ecologically and playfully, in a world governed by utility, distraction and disconnection?

Impractical Companions is a group exhibition that brings together artists, designers and makers whose works dwell in the quiet, often invisible spaces of companionship; spaces where creative, collaborative and intimate relations unfold beyond the reach of metrics or recognition. The works speak to forms of togetherness that shape the textures of shared life in enduring and meaningful ways.

Curated by Kim Donaldson with Jiayang Zhang. Featuring artists Ravi Avasti, Aldo Bilotta, Aleks Danko, Paul Donald, Suzie Idiens, John R. Neeson, Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Natalie Thomas and Siying Zhou.

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Date Times
Thu 20 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 21 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 22 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 26 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 27 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 28 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 29 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 2 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 3 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 4 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 5 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Level 2
Project8 Gallery
Level 2/417 Collins St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9380 8888
  • email address: admin@project8.gallery
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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