THIS WEEK AT LINK WALL: Saskia Doherty presents 'Figure Action'

THIS WEEK AT RUNT SPACE: 'Our Backyard' by Jacqui Gordon

THIS WEEK AT RUNT SPACE: Sophie Freestone presents 'Phantasm'

Recent RUNT exhibition - Tues 30th April

Pictures of 3rd year sculpture student Michelle's exhibition

The audience was entranced as dancers on opposite sides of Runt made a completely new use of the space by acting out a dance performance. 

Photographs - Briony Galligan's show 23rd April 2013

 RECENT SHOW- RUNT SPACE 

Briony impressed us all with her recent interactive exhibition at Runt Space, Monash Caulfield, running from the 22nd-26th April. 

The show consisted of several volunteer 'workers', creating colourful shapes out of playdough, paid by the hour in eggplants or prime beef, depending on the personal preferences of the volunteers. 

The result was an unpredictable collection of sculptural shapes, scattered playfully throughout the plinths and tables occupying the room. Briony's show was a creative and innovative use of space, examining different modes of sculptural practice, audience involvement, the idea of craft and the handmade. 

- Madeleine Thornton-Smith

Photographs courtesy of Jacqueline Gordon

LINK WALL CALL OUT

LINK WALL CALL OUT

WE HAVE SPACES FROM WEEK 8- 13

Please write a 600 word (max) proposal of what you or your group would like to exhibit in LINK, please be clear in what you aim to do and what you want to exhibit.
       (Include name/s, degree & year level, email, mobile number and titles of the works)

- Include up to 6 images of works with the accompanying titles, materials and dimensions
       (Only choose images which are directly relevant to what you want to present in the space and be specific in whether the images are of the actual works that would be shown or of research/sketches/initial ideas, max image size 1M)

- Past students have not only shown works in the cabinets but also used spaces around them

- The works don't necessarily have to be 2D and remember there are 6 cabinets to fill (approx 130cm height, 230cm length & 5cm width inside the cabinets)

- Group shows welcome

- Email applications to runtandlink@gmail.com

- Applications will close Thursday 25th April 5pm
(We will not read any emails sent after this time)

- Please make the email subject 'LINK PROPOSAL' 

MAYA CHAKRABORTY - Link Wall opening for "SOMEWHERE" this Tuesday 23rd April

Come down to Link Wall 

for the opening of Maya

Chakraborty's exhibition of vibrant 

abstract colour paintings! 

Opening 

Tuesday 5pm-7pm

Link Wall Caulfield

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Briony Galligan RUNT SPACE this week.

Briony Galligan from 3rd year Painting is presenting at Runt Space this week. 

She is in need of volunteers for the creation of her show

Details below: 

Photos from opening for Runt and Link openings Tuesday April 16

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OPENINGS TUESDAY 16th APRIL 

James Taylor's wooden construction 
for his exhibition at Runt Space, 'hyper media'

Madeleine Thornton-Smith's drawings 

for 'Urban Environments' at Link Wall 

James Taylor - hyper media - Runt Space exhibition

THIS TUESDAY AT RUNT SPACE:

James Taylor presents:

hyper media

Come down to Runt Space this Tuesday evening for the opening of third year Fine Arts student James Taylor's sculptural exhibition!

Opening

Tuesday 16th April 5pm-7pm

Runt Space Gallery

Exhibition runs 16th-19th April

Link Wall - Madeleine Thornton-Smith presents "URBAN ENVIRONMENTS"

THIS WEEK AT LINK WALL:

Madeleine Thornton-Smith presents

URBAN ENVIRONMENTS 

16th-19th April

In this exhibition Madeleine is attempting to explore the tension between the natural world and urban 'environments'. Where do humans belong? Is is 'natural' that humans exert control over nature, playing God by creating gardens and destroying the natural environment, only to create their own urban 'ecosystems' of sorts in cities? Through the use of collage, fineliner and felt-tip pen drawings, and paint, she has created a series of works with the aim of examining these questions. 

OPENING 

TUESDAY 16th APRIL

5pm-7pm

ELENA HALKAS - Runt Space Exhibition

THIS WEEK AT RUNT SPACE:

Elena Halkas presents

"Fragments"

Opening Tuesday 9th April

5pm-7pm

Elena Halkas ‘Fragments’ exhibition

In this series of works, 1st year Fine Arts student Elena Halkas explores the theme of the evolution of technology in the 21st century, examining the idea of connection and communication using technological devices.

In her first artwork, a drawing with blue felt-tip pen and fineliner on paper,  Elena looked at the negative effects of technology on society. The blue colour scheme of the connecting triangles symbolises, as Elena writes in her artwork description, "a 

unified body of water that connects suburbs and individuals 

together". A mobile phone can be subtlety seen among the triangular forms, which are purposefully placed apart in order to emphasise the separation Elena feels excessive technological use has brought to society. 

The composition of these shapes incorporate 

several bus stop routes, indicative of another way people connect and communicate.  

In Elena's second work, an eye-catching installation that spreads across two walls made of MDF wood, gesso and spray paint, Elena attempted to illustrate both the positive and negative effects of technological communication on contemporary society. In this work, the triangles are representative of individuals and groups in society that are all connected in some shape or form. 

 Madeleine Thornton-Smith 

ISABELLA KOTTEK - this week at Link Wall

THIS WEEK AT LINK WALL:

Tuesday 9th April

Opening 5pm-7pm

ISABELLA KOTTEK

"SUM AH PROFILEZ"

Isabella has constructed some amazing drawings in the Link Space wall, using nothing but black tape! From a distance, it appears the drawings could have been done in black calligraphy marker, or even ink. The viewer realises, however, upon approaching the images that they are constructed entirely out of tape, demonstrating playful experimentation with line and challenging traditional drawing techniques. 

Isabella's illustrative profiles are reminiscent of Egon Schiele's paintings of the figure, distorted and individual in a style not unlike that of the German Expressionists. Isabella based her works on drawings she did in pen on paper, which can be found underneath the major images.

Madeleine Thornton-Smith 

Review - SERVICE, 5

REVIEW – SERVICE, 5 

March 19th-21st, 2013

Madeleine Thornton-Smith

Students enjoying the opening of SERVICE, 5

The small hole  in the door revealing a gold-covered plinth inside 

From the beginning of Tace Kelly’s exhibition SERVICE,5 the audience was given a clue as to what was to come. Having sealed off the normally automatic entrance way, the third-year Monash sculpture artist enabled the viewer to peer through a small hole in the painted door, revealing something – we were not quite sure what yet – glimmering in gold shining light. After being guided to the back entrance passage, attention was drawn to a small, normally unnoticed hole in the bricks, covered in shimmering paint. The subtlety of the exhibition’s exterior only further contributed to a great sense of curiosity as to what lay inside. Why the gold, the mystery?

Listening to the sounds of the basilica

Upon entrance down a dark passageway into the main exhibition room of the Runt gallery, the viewer was greeted by an unexpected surprise: pigmented oil, tainted with gold, slowly dripping bit by bit onto a painted cardboard plinth. As more and more pigmented oil was released, the plinth slowly gave way, the temporary nature of the artwork something which Tace expected and embraced.

Unfortunately on the first night of the exhibition the church-like gravity of the overall experience was somewhat muffled by the large amount of people inside Runt for the opening. Although haunting when empty, it was difficult to hear the soundtrack with such a large amount of people talking inside the room. However, it was evident throughout the audience was intrigued by the concept: alchemy happening before their very eyes. 

Later, when the room emptied, the eerie sounds of mass in the basilica of San Marco haunted and echoed through Runt Space: a feast of both sight and sound.  

The luminescent plinth 

LINK WALL - EMILY CHEN presents 'BLIND'

EMILY CHEN

presents her new show

'blind.' 

Showing at Link Wall

this TUESDAY 26th MARCH

THIS TUESDAY - New exhibition by Rochelle Duke

Rochelle Duke presents this Tuesday:

HOME

A WORK ABOUT HOME, ENVIRONMENT,

COMFORT & DISCOMFORT

OPENING NIGHT TUESDAY 26TH MARCH 5PM-7PM

PERFORMANCE AT 5.15PM

RUNT GALLERY

GROUND FLOOR, BUILDING D,

MONASH UNIVERSITY, CAULFIELD CAMPUS

DESTINATIONS - Link Wall exhibition

ALSO ON THIS WEEK:

DESTINATIONS

a photographic exhibition

by Felicity Locandro

Opening Tuesday 19th March

5pm-7pm

Link Wall, Caulfield Campus

SERVICE, 5 - upcoming exhibition by Tace Kelly

Hi everyone!

Come on down to Runt Space this

Tuesday 19th March.

TACE KELLY is having a sculptural

exhibition called SERVICE,5.

Opening 5pm-7pm

Exhibition running 19-21st March



 Commencing this Tuesday, artist and third-year sculpture student Tace Kelly is presenting works inspired by her recent stay at the Monash Prato campus. Continuing the explorations begun on her trip to Italy, SERVICE, 5 is an installation that artfully combines sound and sculpture. Using recycled cardboard, wax, photography, text, and an amalgam of honey and pigment to create flowing liquid-gold, this exhibition reflects Tace's thoughts on going to Catholic mass for the first time in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice.

Referencing both a specific sense of place and personal experience, SERVICE, 5 focuses in on two particular elements that fascinated Tace in St. Mark's - gold, and the haunting sounds of Italian mass that echo throughout the chambers of the magnificent basilica.

EXHIBITION PROPOSAL FORM - for prospective exhibitions

WELCOME TO A RUNTASTIC 2013!

The Runt/Link Space team are back and ready to go for a new year of exhibitions, openings and fun! We are already looking for new exhibitors, beginning Tuesday of week 3, Semester 1. 

Exhibiting your work at Runt Space or the Link wall is a great way to extend and promote your art practice and to try out exhibiting your work in a gallery. Not to mention Tuesday night openings are a fun way of getting to know other students in your class and the wider university, and to proudly enjoy your work on show! 

PROPOSALS FOR SEMESTER 1 ARE DUE THIS THURSDAY 14th MARCH

Proposal forms can be found in the 2nd and 3rd year studios, or from any of the 3rd year RUNT team below. 
Please hand your forms into the Fine Arts office, opposite the lunchroom on the 2nd floor, or to any of the Runt team. 

Email any concerns or queries to - 
runtandlink@gmail.com

THE NEW RUNT TEAM 2013
As a little introduction to the new faces of Runt, the new team is as follows- 

Tace Kelly is our new lovely chairperson. Please ask her if you need any assistance or have queries about a prospective exhibition! 

Moz Lucas will be helping with filing and sorting applications

Tim Buckovic is going to be assisting with all OH&S concerns

Madeleine Thornton-Smith is helping to run the new Runt/Link blog, with interviews, artist information and photographs of upcoming openings and exhibitions

Maya Chakraborty and Jacqui Gordon will be documenting all the latest openings through photography on the Runt/Link blog 

Isabella Kottek will be promoting Runt and Link through social media, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter 

Candice McGaw will be your go-to contact person, contactable via our Runt and Link email 

James Taylor will be helping to keep you in the know about our latest shows, through advertising and promotion 

First Year representatives: Kabir and Charlotte
Second Year representatives: Kon and Dominique

TO CELEBRATE THE NEW RUNT YEAR WE WILL BE ENJOYING DRINKS AND NIBBLES AT THE RUNT SPACE THIS TUESDAY, 12th MARCH, AROUND 5pm.

Please come on down to meet the new team, check out the space and enjoy some fine food and music! More details to come!