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And spiral shapes have also been found
in the artwork of an Australian artist
by the name of Jessye McGregor, originally, and partly, from Ukraine. —Ouyang Yu
The Spiral Unfurled — the final line of a found poem in response to Jessye’s collage, A soft spiral unfurling and an eyeful of aster, 2022 (detail pictured).
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Final week of Ruby’s residency, introducing resident artists Ouyang Yu and Jessye McGregor, conversation with Zena Cumpston, plus more.
We can’t believe it’s September! Please come in and experience Ruby’s final exhibit before it closes this Saturday evening, 2 September. We'd love to see you. To request a sales catalogue, press the button below.
Congratulations, and thank you again, Ruby, for your beautiful artistry and presence. We’re excited about sharing our plans for September. This month, we welcome our new resident artists, Ouyang Yu and Jessye McGregor, for their project, Ekphrasis. The exhibit will officially open on Saturday, 9 September. Please join us for an opening celebration on Friday, 29 September, when we will also celebrate the Full Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival. Leading up to this, we have several other lovely activities. On Friday, 5 September, we are headed to Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre for our monthly Art Walk to see the WILAM BIIK exhibition for its final day of showing. On Friday, 22 September, Barkandji woman Zena Cumpston, accomplished writer, researcher, curator and storyteller, is speaking with us about her book Plants: Past, Present and Future – co-authored with Michael-Shawn Fletcher and Lesley Head. On the 22nd, we will also be having our first Open House. Feel free to pop in to chat with Jessye and Ouyang, who will be on-site. To find out more and RSVP, read on!
We thank Merri-Bek City Council for partnering with us. Without your support, this programming would not be possible.
Warmly
correspondences Studio PS —Sales inquiries: info@correspondences.work Hours of Opening —> here
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BRUNSWICK| 5.9.23—02.12.23
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Upcoming projects/exhibitionsOuyang Yu & Jessye Wdowin-McGregor
Ekphrasis Ekphrasis is a collaborative residency project exploring the time-honoured correlations between text and image. It features the words of poet, writer and editor Ouyang Yu and the images of visual artist Jessye Wdowin-McGregor.
Since July, Ouyang has been working with Jessye to capture a short film exploring his ‘tree-writing project’ - a filmic representation of the poet’s daily practice of writing poems on the trunks and leaves of trees in Bundoora Park, Kingsbury, a site of great inspiration he has returned to again and again for some thirty years.
The film will be a reflection upon ecology and time, the artists’ mutual love of nature and belief in the spontaneity of the creative act and vitality of the poetic image in the search for a sense of spirit and place. Jessye will concurrently examine flora and fauna in the parklands and surrounding Dirrabeen (Darebin) waterways through a new series of photographs, collages and, for the first time, a series of small sculptures – continuing her long-standing inquiry into her relationship with place, particularly plant life in the urban realm and her broader search into ‘the thresholds between body and landscape’. There are three stages and areas of thematic interest. –– 8-29 September: Ephemerality/permanence –Entanglements with the natural world: The first exhibition features four historic works from Jessye’s series of photographic collages, The Surface Ripples and four new poems by Ouyang, written in response to Jessye’s works. Alongside this, an exhibit of Ouyang’s leaf poems and a selection of found objects and research materials from the artists’ collaboration to date. –– 29 September-20 October: Found or self-found poetry & spontaneous forms of urban nature: During this stage, Jessye presents her film reflecting on Ouyang’s tree writing project, and Ouyang will present four additional poems, drawing from his walks in Bundoora Park with Jessye. In collaboration with the Craft Contemporary Festival, we will also host an open studio session with Jessye exploring the intersections between her sculpting/casting projects and her hand-made photography and collage practice. –– 20 October -10 November: Body & self-translation ‘into’ place – Elemental infrastructures and materials that shape our surroundings & sense of place: The final body of works to be shown will be the film, a further four poems by Ouyang and a new series of photographic collages and sculpture by Jessye. During the residency, we’ll also explore several fascinating cross-disciplinary collaborations and complementary programs through on-site studio work and audience programming - starting with this month’s conversation with Zena Cumpston on plants.
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BRUNSWICK| 5.9.23—30.09.23
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Special events & talks
Opening Ouyang Yu & Jessye Wdowin-McGregor—Ekphrasis
Friday, 29 September, 6:30-8:30 PM
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC
Together with Ouyang and Jessye, we invite you to join us for the opening of their residency project, Ouyang Yu & Jessye Wdowin-McGregor—Ekphrasis, and to celebrate the full moon and Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese communities here in Naarm (Melbourne).
Booking (free) via the button below is essential. Numbers limited.
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Art Walk: September 2023 — Visiting Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre to see WILAM BIIK
Friday, 8 September June, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre
Cnr Walker and Robinson Streets Dandenong VIC 3175 Join us at the Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre in September to see WILAM BIIK, curated by Wurundjeri, Dja Dja Wurrung and Ngurai Illum-Wurrung woman Stacie Piper, who says the exhibition is about exploring the true spirit of ourselves, which is found within the spirit of Country. It features new work by ten leading artists and collectives. Learn more --> here. Credit: Photograph of one of our monthly Art Walk attendees admiring the exhibition, ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together), last month. Find out more here. Note:—
—1) This is the final day of the exhibit. Entry is from 12 pm.
—2) Joining our group is free, but we ask you to please RSVP below so that we know that you’d like to join us. Registrations close the day prior. Communication on the day is via email. If you’re lost, email or DM us via Instagram. RSVP for free via the button below.
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Open House
Ouyang Yu & Jessye Wdowin-McGregor—Ekphrasis
Friday, 22 September, 4:00-6:00 PM
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC Join us for our monthly Open House, where the objective is to create a space for informal encounters where new connections between our in-house team, the artist, our patrons, and the local community can develop. This month, Ouyang and Jessye will meet for tea and conversation on-site, and we’d love you to join us. They’ll be catching up to reflect on Ouyang’s first series of poems written in response to Jessye’s works before attending our evening conversation with Barkandji woman Zena Cumpston - more details below.
Note:—
—1) Individual visitors and small groups don’t need to reserve their visit on these days.
—2) We ask schools, businesses and community groups with 4+ people to please contact us 1-2 weeks prior. Press the button to book your group visit.
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Writer In Conversation —Barkandji woman Zena Cumpston / Plants: Past, Present and Future
Friday, 22 September, 6:30-8:00 PM
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC On Friday, 22 September, we are thrilled to have Barkandji woman Zena Cumpston, accomplished writer, researcher, curator and storyteller to speak with us about her book, Plants: Past, Present and Future – co-authored with Wiradjuri geographer and scientist Michael-Shawn Fletcher and geographer Lesley Head. In the meantime, please visit the stunning website for the exhibition ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together, co-curated by Zena and her sister, the artist, curator, writer and educator Nici Cumpston. In the exhibition, Zena presented her stunning artworks that further engage with her deep passion for plant knowledge and the foodways of her people.
Note:—
—1) We stock limited copies of the book in-store. To pre-purchase your copy and collect on the day, head to our online shop.
—2) Your ticket sales help us to subsidise our next writer in conversation event. We thank you for your support.
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Acknowledgement of CountryWe 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. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.
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