Machines & Makers
About this exhibition
Machines & Makers: displaying a healthy obsession for sewing machines captures the extraordinary history of a disruptive technology from the 19th Century that changed the world. The exhibition takes us through the magic of creating stitch, texture and beauty, and reflects on the disposable clothing culture of the 21st Century.
The proposition for this exhibition was to invite a response from twelve artists, each coming from a widely different skill sets and talent base, but each of them bringing a high level of intelligent thought to the invention and what that machine meant in terms of economic, political and social change within households from the 1850’s to the present day.
The artist’s various approaches can be broadly grouped into three areas of investigation – the political, social and economic differences made by the inventions, many of which are seen through the lens of memory.
“The exhibition is a reflection on the ingenuity that enabled the invention of the sewing machine, and what that technology meant for society and the wider world.” – Mundaring Arts Centre
ORGANISING INSTITUTION
Mundaring Arts Centre Inc
CURATOR
Jude van der Merwe
ARTISTS
Nalda Searles, Eva Fernandez, Angela McHarrie, Geoffrey Drake Brockman, Susie Vickery, Carol Lowry, Paul Caporn, Mikaela Castledine, Judith Forrest, Stuart Elliott, Linda van der Merwe, Tee Ken Ng
MEDIUM
New media, 2D, mixed media
INSTALLATION
- works (some artworks have multiple components)
- (projectors, monitors, media players, display plinths provided); power source required for 4 artworks
- 45 – 55 running metres
LEARNING CENTRE
- Education resource (includes teachers notes, curriculum and ideas, glossary of terms, primary and secondary gallery questions)
- Free education and public programs (includes public events, artist talks incursion and excursion with schools, discounted ARTBUS, sponsored by Healthway to promote the Act Belong Commit message)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT*
Act-Belong-Commit engagement program.
Extra cost involved
MARKETING
Marketing Kit (includes: e-invitation template, artwork for hard copy invitation, media release, promotional images, logos and acknowledgements)
INTERPRETATION MATERIALS
- Exhibition, ART ON THE MOVE and Healthway panels
- Artwork labels
- Exhibition brochures (free for distribution)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Working with touring exhibitions; Handling artworks; Installation of 2D and 3D artworks; Exhibition lighting
*Extra cost involved
TOUR DURATION
November 2017 – March 2020
Available WA and interstate
Cost Share
WA $3,500.00 (inc GST)
Interstate to be advised
Five Crates
8 crates, totalling 8 cubic metres; exhibition delivered by a dedicated vehicle (WA)
Itinerary
2017
November 10, 2017 – February 11, 2018 : Wireless Hill Museum
2018
June 29 – August 10 : Beach Street Gallery
August 23 – October 13 : Carnarvon Library and Gallery
October 26 – November 24 : Katanning Gallery
December 8, 2018 – February 10, 2019 : Museum of the Goldfields
2019
March 8 – April 7 : Ellenbrook Arts
June 20 – July 14 : NEXIS Gallery – Arts Narrogin
November 30, 2019 – February 9, 2020 : Bunbury Regional Art Gallery
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