16 JANUARY–7 FEBRUARY This is who I am Lilly Lai, EJ Son, Soo-min Shim, Athena Thebus and Chloe Corkran & Zoe Wong Curated by Sharon Hong This is who I am explores the experience of being queer Asian-Australian; the familial connections, cultural expectations, and the binary conflicts on the disparities of the East and West. […]
Read morepause.play is part one of Verge Project’s ongoing investigation of a developing global situation; examining how we are learning to navigate, adapt and respond to a world in flux and the changing university landscape. Curated by USYD Arts student Anthia Balis pause.play aims to connect the USYD community through the retelling of personal experiences—about their […]
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Entre Todo, Todxs (Among Everything, Everyone)
27 AUGUST-23 OCTOBER 2020 Entre Todo, Todxs (Among Everything, Everyone) Nadia Hernández Entre Todo, Todxs (Among Everything, Everyone) is a new body of work consisting of paintings, paper cutouts, textiles and sound presented at Verge Gallery. This exhibition articulates the intersection between hope and conflict through the documentation of collective memories, imagery, and sounds. “The […]
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Steel Magnolias, Link Tree & Bolero: A Tale of Tech Support
*Please note that in response to the current COVID-19 situation, the opening and exhibitions will be postponed. These exhibitions will be included in our 2021 program and open in the early months of 2021. 26 MARCH-1 MAY Opening: 26 March, 6-8 pm Exhibition continuing until 1 May Steel Magnolias Jana Hawkins-Andersen with Ainslie Templeton ‘What […]
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In conversation: ‘Photomechanical’
*Please note, in response to the COVID-19 situation, this public program has been cancelled. In conversation: Photomechanical with Yvette Hamilton, Jack Harman, Matthew James & Zan Wimberley. Wednesday 18 March 6-7:30 pm In Camera Lucida Roland Barthes states ‘I wanted to learn at all costs what photography was “in itself” by what essential feature it […]
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Art & Technology Now
Gestural Robotics Workshop with Vaughan Wozniak-O’Connor Wednesday 11 March, 1-2pm, THINK SPACE How can robots draw? Could this change the way we think about the handmade? Join artist Vaughan Wozniak O’Connor, in a workshop that discusses art, technology and the blurry line between digital and physical. In this one hour lunchtime workshop, Wozniak O’Connor will discuss his use […]
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Automate Me
Running Dog X Verge 2020 AUTOMATE ME Thursday 5 March, 6-8 pm Running Dog presents a night of screenings, text and performance for Automate Me—the first in a series of events in partnership with Verge Gallery in 2020. Bringing together the work of Rory Green (AUS), Alison Nguyen (USA), Jens Settergren (DEN), and Kynan Tan […]
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Flash Drive
FLASH DRIVE Bronte Cormican-Jones, Indivi Bacon, Roisin Spencer, Rosie Thomas, Ruby Reid, Sophie Zhou, Squished Cockroach, Tara Lyubicic, Victor Zhou. Curated by Keesha Field and Alexandra Jonscher Opening Friday 14 February, 3:30-5:30 pm, Manning Building, Level 1 Manning Building, Level 1 and Laneway Cafe, University of Sydney Continuing until 29 May A flash drive is […]
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Photomechanical & Geospatial Atlas
13 FEBRUARY–20 MARCH Photomechanical Ciaran Begley, Jack Dunbar, Jack Harman (cur), Matthew James, Sarah Mosca & Zan Wimberley Opening Thursday 13 February 6-8 pm Photomechanical explores the slippage between photo and object: how light is used as a tool for sculpting photographic material and how these processes might adumbrate some knowledge of the medium. The artists present […]
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Geospatial Atlas
13 FEBRUARY–20 MARCH Geospatial Atlas Vaughan Wozniak-O’Connor Opening Thursday 13 February 6-8 pm Geospatial Atlas explores the creative potential of using tracking technologies as a drawing tool. Presented as a fragmented atlas of biometric data and embodied glitches, this exhibition attempts to map the emotional qualities of places as filtered through disorienting new technologies. Image […]
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