Creativity in Bloom
Saturday 28 April, 12pm – 4pm
30 minute sessions will commence on the hour and half hour
Join curator Sally McKittrick and UNFOLD exhibitors to play with paper in slow motion. Drawing from techniques adopted by artists in the exhibition, paper will be torn, folded, layered and animated to create a collaborative stop-motion film celebrating 10 years of creativity in bloomat fortyfivedownstairs. This is sure to be a fun-filled afternoon.
Free event, all materials provided
(participants are invited to bring old magazines, maps and miscellaneous paper scraps)
Walk-ups are welcome (space permitting) but bookings are recommended
email info@fortyfivedownstairs.com or phone 9662 9966
Something from Nothing: the absence of paper makes music
Saturday 5 May, 2pm
Join artist and musician Adam Simmons to explore the musical potential of paper. Adam performedat fortyfivedownstairs with Collider in 2011. We’re delighted he has returned as an exhibitor in 2012.Escape your paperwork and learn about someone else’s!
‘In performance I seek to make my music unique to the time and space at that given moment.With respect to my music boxes, it is necessary to interact with them. I don’t want people to justsee art or hear it – I want them to feel it, touch it and do it for themselves!’
Free event, no bookings required
Image: Suspended Growth by Alana Sivell, sound mirror by Adam Simmons, My Soul and Photosynthesis by Claudia Gleave and Sara Nothrop