Ahhhh Space

April 1, 2015 — Leave a comment

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An exhibiton of Northside Artists

As part of the True North Festival, City of Darebin

Opening Friday 17th April, 6pm Running April 18th – 19th, 10am – 4pm

Once everyone has found love, they want space…

Is space what allows one to breathe? In both a relationship and a physical sense… Systole and diastole. The penumbra between in breath and outbreath. The swimmer comes up for breath between cliché waves. Love is gravity… Because we’re physical we tend to gravitate towards physicality. The physical is held together by clichés. Physicality is a cliché, is the sum total of countless clichés. It involves mind-boggling amounts of repetition; sticking to the known. The artists represented in this exhibition are gaining or attempting to gain escape velocity from the known into the otherness. Referring to quantum physics in order to explain some obscure philosophical point is fast becoming a cliché, in itself. However, ahem, quantum physics explains that the physical is composed more of space than of any solid thing. So maybe reality itself is a zillion subatomic grandmas repeating themselves endlessly as they knit superstrings into thirteen dimensions of time and Ahhhh space. Ahhhh Space is an art exhibition of work by local emerging and established Darebin, Melbourne and International artists. Mediums include works on paper, sculpture, video, sound and performance. Artists are Mike York, Anna Topalidou, Kirralee Wishart, Mari Adams, Alanna Clarkson, Kiah Robinson-Retter, Georgina Ross, Jess Redlich, Christian Vine, Zachary Daniel, Kurt Medenbach and Ross Kingston The opening night will feature live analogue soundscapes by local Darebin resident Jake Blood and Melbourne producers Ricardo and Augustus. Site-specific performance by Celeste MacLeod. celestial body Celestial Body, Woodcut, Mari Frith Adams (2015)

Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule ‘CAUDA PAVONIS’ Art Exhibition

February 17, 2015 — Leave a comment

Orryelle Performance

Opening Thursday March 5th at 8pm.

Running March 6th – 11th from 11am – 4pm daily.

An exhibition of new paintings by Orryelle exploring the Cauda Pavonis or ‘peacock’s tail’ colour phase of Alchemy, created for his forthcoming book ‘Distillatio’ from UK esoteric art publishers Fulgur Limited. Media include oils and egg tempera (inc. peacock egg tempera!), watercolour, pencils & semi-digital works.

Mythic and magical themes from ancient cultures are expressed in a splendorous array of colour and detail. Some of Orryelle’s bronze sculptures will also be exhibited. Signed prints and previous books will be for sale as well as some of the originals.

The opening night will feature live music by Orryelle (violin, voice, loop pedals, ritual dance) and Kestral Znox (guitar, voice).

Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule is an esoteric artist in many media, including painting, writing, sculpture, sound and performance art. His ‘Tela Quadrivium’ series of alchemical art books are published by Fulgur Limited (UK), and his text-based book ‘Time Fate and Spider Magic’ by Avalonia Books (UK).

He is the writer-director of Australian-based Metamorphic Ritual Theatre Company who have presented many major original productions based in various ancient mythos, and he regularly performs and exhibits internationally.

His work engages with connecting the subconscious and conscious through employment of magical and mythical symbols and archetypes, as a part of the vanguard of current resurgence in esoteric arts balanced between the conceptual and the aesthetic.

View Orryellle’s artwork at: http://www.crossroads.wild.net.au/esoterotica.htm
Hear Orryelle’s sounds at: http://www.soundcloud.com/orryelle
Hear Kestral Znox at: http://www.soundcloud.com/kestral542

Merri Creek Studio’s Opening Night!

October 16, 2014 — Leave a comment

Come celebrate Merri Creek Studio’s Grand Opening Night with us. Saturday the 25th at 6pm, 15 Comas Grove Thornbury. The exhibition ‘SENSITIVE CHAOS’, curated to celebrate our namesake The Merri Creek, explores many themes related to water. The exhibition features Melbourne artists: Alanna Clarkson, Kiah Robinson Retter, Anna Topalidou, Mari Adams, Jeminah Reidy, Vivienne Hayes, Bea Haymann, and Kate Hill. The works will include intaglio and relief prints, sculptures and mixed media works. There will be live music and a DJ to take us through the night so please bring your friends and join us at Merri Creek Studio.

Soul Sisters

September 4, 2014 — Leave a comment

Soul Sisters

Come down to Merri Creek Studio for ‘Soul Sisters’ an all female artists group show. The show opening is on Saturday the 20th of September at 5.30pm. ‘Soul Sisters’ has been organised and curated by Gonzalo Ceballos and will be running until Merri Creek Studio’s official opening on the 18th of October.

The exhibition will display the work of some emerging female artists in melbourne, as well as a collaborative piece by the Merri Creek Studio Womens Art Club. 

Every Thursday evening a small group of Melbourne women have been coming together at the studio to discuss relationships, sex, life, art, philosophy, sex, feminism and to make art of course. Their collaborative piece will be on show at the opening, so come on down!

Mission Statement from the Moon

August 24, 2014 — 1 Comment

In 1969 Apollo 11 planted a collection of goodwill messages from many countries around the world on the moon. The message from Australia has become part of our mission statement.

Merri Creek Studio believes in a future where “mankind will live in a universe in which peace, self-expression, and the chance of a dangerous adventure are available to all”. Our studio is a space to utilise printmaking and related mediums to develop confidence and encourage creativity amongst all members of the community, encouraging diversity and compassion.