Our brilliant volunteers are masked up and ready to greet you while you explore the exhibit. Alternatively, you can also explore the virtual exhibition site from the comfort of home.
We're also thrilled today to release three more beautiful readings from our book by our participating writers. Head to the 'Reading Room' to listen ➔ here.
Selected artworks displayed (online and in-person) are for sale. Please get in touch with info@correspondences.work for the artists' pricelists.
In the coming months, when COVID-19 circumstances have settled down, we will release our videography and a group 'virtual room' to be launched in tandem with a gathering to celebrate the realisation of
our show.
In the meantime, please explore our individual artists' viewing rooms (buttons below), soundscape and Reading Room.
We are sending our heartfelt thanks to you for your love, kindness and support.
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Fu Hong/傅红, Shan Hai Jing《 山海经》 2020-21, ink on paper (detail), 139 x 1450 cm © Fu Hong
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Fu Hong presents a new series of work inspired by the Shan Hai Jing 2021, the ancient Chinese text. Presented online will also be his monumental painting Re-birth 2019. The exhibit continues the artist's search into the idea of the transformation in art and self.
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Guan Wei /关伟, The Metamorphisis《 变形 》2020 single channel video (still detail), colour, sound, 3.42 mins Courtesy of ARC ONE Gallery © Guan Wei
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Guan Wei presents The Metamorphosis / 变形记 2020. Presented in the conversation online will also be his monumental self-portrait Plastic surgery – A portrait of an immigrant artist2015, the exhibit continues the artist’s search into the theme of self-identity and ideas of transformation, re-birth and belonging.
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Ouyang Yu/欧阳昱 Three Firsts《 待定》2020-21, book installation (detail), size varies © Ouyang Yu
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Ouyang Yu presents Three Firsts 2021 his book installation which explores the process of self-destruction, transformation and renewal at the heart of the creative process and the migratory experience.
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Echo Cai/子轩 with Shen Zhimin/沈志敏 & Ni Ni/昵昵 Retracing The Great Walk《再现淘 》2020-21, installation (detail), size varies © The artists
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Together with collaborators Shen Zhimin / 沈志敏 and NiNi / 昵昵, Echo Cai / 子轩 presents Retracing The Great Walk / 再现淘金路 2020. An installation featuring a suite of portrait photographs and a moving image work, Retracing The Great Walk, retraces the journey Chinese immigrant workers were forced to walk from Robe in South Australia to the Victorian goldfields during the gold rush.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We respectfully acknowledge the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Our contributors come from far and wide, so we extend this respect to all First Peoples.
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Exhibition Partners and Supporters
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