In celebration of the theme of craftsmanship alongside Tadao Ando’s pavilion, Craft Victoria presents two programs: a workshop and a panel discussion that both explore the links between contemporary material practice and traditional Japanese craft. Hear from four craft practitioners who embody a commitment towards mastering their craft over a lifetime at panel discussion: Lifelong…
Read MoreCome along on opening weekend and explore the MPavilion from a different perspective with designer and artist Thomas Pavitte. See the structure, the garden and the city from a new perspective, thanks to geometric viewfinders that feature the three same primary shapes that form the MPavilion. Use the viewfinders to highlight special architectural details, or…
Read MoreA Contemporary Tea Meditation Come and participate in a tea meditation inspired by Japanese tea ceremonies, or chanoyu. Celebrating the lands on which the MPavillion sits, there will be tea tools carved from foraged wood from the surrounding parklands, tea bowls crafted from Yarra mud and tea whisked from the islands of the Seto Inland…
Read MoreHow do we turn words into art? Using creative prompts, this session is a chance to play with words in a way that creates physical metaphors. Drawing on Ocean Vuong’s poetry, this workshop will examine how layout or syntax can be used to subvert assumptions about power or mastery of language. Attendees will be encouraged…
Read MoreCalling all creative teens! Woven Together invites you to join together in the collective experience of making and creating with textiles. Focusing on the process rather than the outcome, teens between the ages of 12 to 18 will have access to scraps of discarded textiles and fabrics to create an accessory for the wearer, encouraging…
Read MoreCome to the Queen Victoria Gardens and join this year’s cohort of RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles graduating designers as they present a runway show at MPavilion. A visually stunning celebration of the next crop of fashion designers, this event showcases the work of recent graduates of RMIT University’s School of Fashion and Textiles…
Read MoreIn celebration of the theme of craftsmanship alongside Tadao Ando’s pavilion, Craft Victoria presents two programs: a workshop and a panel discussion that both explore the links between contemporary material practice and traditional Japanese craft. Come discover the ancient paper-cloth technique used by DNJ Paper for this year’s MPavilion uniform in a special two-hour workshop….
Read MoreWho is allowed to be a blank canvas? Reflecting on the recent spate of cancellations on Drag Storytime programs due to hate speech and threats of violence, this project provides a platform to amplify the silenced, allowing queer humans to take up space without physical threats that comes from the public perception of ‘difference’. Story…
Read MoreCelebrating craftsmanship, subversive tactics and inclusive ways of creating, City of Melbourne’s The Excellent City Series: Festival of Design invites you to speculate on what design excellence could look like for Melbourne, and how we might work together to achieve it. The Festival will explore interdisciplinary co-creation and how unlikely partnerships may influence ways of…
Read MoreOur Why brings together artists from difference dance styles to explore how and why people dance. Dancers will share with audiences stories of their practice, ranging from their training and their battles to their community and mood-building jams and sessions. This event is an outcome of the 2023 M_Curators program, which supports young and ambitious…
Read MoreMothercraft is an edible event that explores innovation in birth design across millennia. Since time immemorial, birth has been a rite of passage, a personal, social and community event of great significance. In today’s world, birth is institutionalised. Contemporary design innovation, however, takes birth back to its communal roots: birthing at home, on Country, with…
Read MoreHow do we make data approachable for younger female audiences? One approach is to introduce it through crafts. Data Stitching & Storytelling introduces a creative, tactile and accessible way to visualise data. Come perform creative data visualisation through embroidery in this workshop. Participants will explore their surroundings to gather data, or be guided to gather…
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