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Exhibition Opening - First Site Gallery
Please join us in celebrating the opening of To Xoth! And Then Back Again!, The Isle of Passé: A collection of treasures and SLOW MAKING.
Telling Secrets
About this Event Performance and discussion with artist Tintin Wulia and RMIT Culture Senior Curator Andrew Tetzlaff Wednesday 6 December from 3 – 4PM at RMIT Gallery Performance and discussion with artist Tintin Wulia and RMIT Culture Senior Curator Andrew Tetzlaff Join us for a lecture-performance followed by an insightful conversation between artist Tintin Wulia and curator Andrew Tetzlaff that traces and negotiates borders, disclosures, mosquitoes, history, materiality, Wulia's method...
Nazanin Boniadi: The 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture
A keynote lecture from acclaimed actor, activist and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize-winner Nazanin Boniadi on democracy and women’s rights. About this Event Iranian-born actress Nazanin Boniadi has had an impressive onscreen career, including leading roles in the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Homeland. But it’s her major role as a human rights advocate that has led to her most recent recognition.
The Best Films You’ve Never Seen: The Devils Playground
About this Event Popular film series ‘The Best Films You’ve Never Seen’ continues at Melbourne's iconic Capitol theatre with a celebration of two decades of preserving and exploring the rich history of Australian cinema. RMIT University is proud to have held the AFI Research Collection for the past 20 years, a unique trove of screen and cinematic heritage.
Nature Writing Prize
About this Event The Nature Conservancy Australia’s Nature Writing Prize was created to celebrate and promote the art of nature writing in Australia, and encourage a greater appreciation of Australia’s magnificent landscapes. This year, writers of all stages in their writing journey were invited to participate, and the tough job of shortlisting and selecting a winner lies with this year’s judges – novelist, essayist and editor Ashley Hay; and writer and environmental historian Cameron Muir.
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In Absence: Reflections
About this Event Craft and RMIT Culture are pleased to co-present a live conversation between First Nations artist Yhonnie Scarce, Edition Office and NGV Senior Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture, Ewan McEoin, at The Capitol as a part of Craft Contemporary 2023. In 2019, artist and Kokatha and Nukunu woman, Yhonnie Scarce, and Melbourne architecture studio, Edition Office, came together to create their monumental collaboration 'In Absence' as the fifth NGV Architecture Commission.
Upside Down People
About this Event 'Upside-Down People' is an invitation to swing yourself upside-down and into the different sensory and social world of an autistic person who struggles with humans, yet belongs with Bats. Combining hand-drawn animation, multi-sensory materials, sound art, reflected shadow puppetry, and layered moving images, 'Upside-Down People' tells stories about personhood, threatened futures, and the preciousness of hope blossoming in the dark.
Stephanie Misa Opening Celebration
Celebrate the opening of Stephanie Misa's new installation at RMIT Gallery! About this Event Join us for the opening celebration of Stephanie Misa: An altar for the fleshy tongue on Thursday 7 September at RMIT Gallery! On the night, Stephanie will be presenting Filipinos, Cannibalism and Mothers Dancing on Tongues, a constantly re-invented performance-lecture exploring the activation of language in its 'orality' - its evolution, cannibalism, appropriation of terms, and creative becomings.
Our Social Worlds Family Fun Day: Kids and Tweens
About this Event Settle in with popcorn and ice-cream and enjoy a feast of classic screen treats! We start with beloved Australian classic Round The Twist (1990) and a new hit show Crazy Fun Park (2023) which has just won a Logie for Outstanding Kids’ Show. We then turn to the stop-motion animated film Coraline (2009), acclaimed for its quirky, spooky, moving exploration of how young people experience change.
to follow the Old Ways
Join us for a screening and conversation with Vicki Couzens and members of The Southern Ocean Protection Embassy Collective (SOPEC) About this Event Join us for a screening and conversation with Vicki Couzens and members of The Southern Ocean Protection Embassy Collective (SOPEC) and learn about the fight to protect sacred Sea Country. There are currently several active requests for seismic blasting from companies seeking to sell data to oil and gas mining companies.
The Best Films You’ve Never Seen: Japan Edition
About this Event ‘The Best Films You’ve Never Seen’ continues with two masterpieces of Japanese cinema, Hayao Miyazaki's revered 1988 animated fantasy 'My Neighbour Totoro', and a 70th anniversary screening of Yasujirō Ozu’s poetic 1953 film 'Tokyo Story'. Set in post-WWII Japan, 'Tokyo Story' explores the impact of Western capitalist values and the breakdown of traditional Japanese family structures in a changed social and political world.
Social Sciences After Dark: Disturbing Technology
About this Event RMIT Culture co-presents Social Sciences After Dark: Disturbing Technology, which explores humanity’s deepest anxieties through a horror double bill. This event is the first in the Social Sciences After Dark series, a celebration of the power of film as a window on human society. First, a story by RMIT alum James Wan: in M3GAN (2022) we meet a grief-stricken girl and the remarkably disturbing doll who becomes her friend.
TRON (1982): future play lab.
Melbourne International Games Week is about to kick off! RMIT Culture and Future Play Lab invite you to a special screening of Steven Lisberger’s ground-breaking 1982 arcade game classic TRON, introduced by a discussion from gaming and placemaking experts at The Capitol.
ROSA MENKMAN ‘Refractions of Light and Time’
About the event ROSA MENKMAN ‘Refractions of Light and Time’ About this Event Menkman is the literal face of the Glitch art movement with her self-portrait in ‘Vernacular of File Formats‘ that has attained cult status. Her artistic research on the cultural implications of media resolution standards makes a unique and exciting contribution to media theory. She has a special focus on glitches, cyclops, impossible rainbows and unnamed colour.
The Best Films You've Never Seen: A Night of Surrealist Cinema
'The Best Films You’ve Never Seen’ is back with a double screening taking place at The Capitol on Tuesday 18 July. The line-up includes Maya Deren’s renowned experimental short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), followed by David Lynch’s 2001 surrealist neo-noir Mulholland Drive (2001). Derren directs and stars in Meshes alongside her husband and collaborator Alexander Hammid.
Cyberfeminism Reading Group
About the event Cyberfeminism Reading Group Join artist Xanthe Dobbie in First Site Gallery for a collaborative reading and engaging discussion on cyberfeminism.
Matrix Re-loaded
About this Event we are the virus of the new world disorder rupturing the symbolic from within saboteurs of big daddy mainframe - VNS Matrix, Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century Join us at First Site Gallery for a hands-on, artist-led collage workshop. Spots are limited! Join us for a hands-on, collaborative collage workshop creating avatars inspired by artists collective VNS Matrix’s All New Gen (1995).
Closing Party On-Site 02
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PERFORMANCE AND ARTIST TALK: Scotty So
About the event PERFORMANCE AND ARTIST TALK: Scotty So Join us for a performance followed by an artist talk from Scotty So, who is part of our current exhibition Closer Together at RMIT Gallery. About this Event Join us for a performance followed by an artist talk from Scotty So, who is part of our current exhibition Closer Together at RMIT Gallery.
Everyday Oceans: Surfing, Swimming and Gardening
About the event Everyday Oceans: Surfing, Swimming and Gardening Join RMIT Culture, ORCA and CAST at The Capitol for an evening of international ocean films on the big screen. About this Event Everyday Oceans: Surfing, Swimming and Gardening Celebrate, feel, advocate, educate. Everyday Oceans explores the intimate and intertwined relationships we hold with the ocean.
PERFORMANCE: The Invisible Child Grows Up
About the event PERFORMANCE: The Invisible Child Grows Up Artist Kay Mei Ling Beadman invites you to The Invisible Child Grows Up, an intersection between performance and discussion. About this Event Explore what it means to be (in)visible and how it relates to the individual, with a chance to stay and talk with the artist afterwards.
At the Culture Table
Ambiance Collective presents “At the Culture Table: an Activation'”, a performative, participatory lunch discussion. About this Event Ambiance Collective presents “At the Culture Table: an Activation'”, a performative, participatory lunch discussion, where audience members are invited to play with the table installation and share stories about food experiences. Feast with your eyes, minds, and mouths.
Exhibition Opening at First Site Gallery!
Exhibition opening celebration at First Site Gallery for 'Crawl Space' by Ambiance Collective and 'The very very very last day by Judy Kong Please join us in celebrating the opening of two new exhibitions at First Site Gallery; The very very very last day by Judy Kong; and Crawl Space by Ambiance Collective.
Closer Together: Curatorial Talk
Select Your City We have got 40,000 cities covered worldwide Discover Events from nearby cities South Yarra Geelong Prahran Bendigo Ballarat Hawthorn Mornington Preston Ascot Vale Footscray Discover Online Events - Attend from anywhere → Time Wed Jun 21 2023 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm RMIT Gallery, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne, Australia Advertisement Closer Together: Curatorial Talk Curatorial Talk with Shirky Chan and Tammy Wong Hulbert About this Event Curatorial Talk with Shirky Chan and Tammy...
The Best Films Youve Never Seen: Noir Double Feature
Advertisement The Best Films You've Never Seen: Noir Double Feature About this Event Join us for a night of noir with 'The Best Films You’ve Never Seen', featuring Maya Deren’s experimental short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) and David Lynch’s neo-noir Mulholland Drive (2001). Both films show California in a new light (or, more appropriately, darkness) steeped in a sinister, nightmarish non-linearity.
Tramlines: A Love Letter to Melbourne
Join host Mel Cranenburgh in conversation with award-winning podcast producer Beth Atkinson-Quinton, The Age’s Arts Editor Elizabeth Flux, beloved YA author Nova Weetman and writer and performer Vidya Rajan for a night of storytelling and a deep dive into the craft of creating audio stories.
Opening Celebration: Ex Machine and As far as the mind can see
Advertisement Opening Celebration: Ex Machine and As far as the mind can see Join us to celebrate the opening of two new shows at First Site Gallery! About this Event Ex Machine and As far as the mind can see Opening Celebration Thursday 20 April 5:30 - 7:30PM at First Site Gallery Join us for the opening celebration for two latest exhibitions: Ex Machine by Dominik Zarówny and As far as the mind can see by Rhy Dyball.
Melbourne Design Week Film Festival
About this Event The 2023 Melbourne Design Week Film Festival presents a program of 8 new narrative features and documentaries in an exploration of architecture and design seen through the lens of filmmakers from around the world.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Book Meet
Love Gabrielle Zevin’s latest novel ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’? Come join our Book Meet! About this Event Love Gabrielle Zevin’s latest novel ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’? We do too! Let's talk about it! Join us for an afternoon of conversation and analysis of his coming of age story within the RMIT Gallery, amongst the dynamic games of the 1980’s that would have inspired the young Sam and Sadie, within our Radical Utopia exhibition.
Unpacked Live: Steven Rendall
About this Event Unpacked Live brings RMIT Art Collection to life through a series of salon-style conversations with RMIT alumni and their works within the collection. To inspire further discussion each artist's work will be paired with a key artwork from the collection. On Wednesday 10 May, artist Steven Rendall (Lecturer, Art MFA) unpacks his work Recent Developments I, created in 2018.
The Best Films You've Never Seen: Jeanne Dielman (1975)
A screening of Chantal Akerman’s 1975 masterpiece, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, at The Capitol. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEST Location The Capitol 113 Swanston Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 Refund Policy Contact the organiser to request a refund. Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
Tramlines: A love letter to Melbourne
Advertisement Tramlines: A love letter to Melbourne Join host Mel Cranenburgh and the creators of the new podcast 'Tramlines' at The Capitol.
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Caroline Polachek In Conversation
An intimate discussion with Brodie Lancaster about Polachek's career, art, and the future of pop. About this Event Gain a window into the mind of acclaimed US songwriter, singer and producer Caroline Polachek and explore intricate inner-workings of the inventive pop auteur at Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Caroline Polachek In Conversation, presented by ALWAYS LIVE, APRA AMCOS, The Wheeler Centre and RMIT Culture.
Radical Melbourne: City of Ideas
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PSYCHO at The Capitol
About this Event RMIT is thrilled to present Hitchcock’s macabre masterpiece on the big screen at The Capitol, one of one of the world’s most iconic cinemas! Psycho will be introduced by word-renowned horror scholar Adam Lowenstein (University of Pittsburgh). Prof Lowenstein is delivering a Public Lecture on RMIT campus earlier that day, rethinking the film’s place in the horror film canon.
More Than Words: visual storytelling on and off the page
Advertisement More Than Words: visual storytelling on and off the page An RMIT Culture Salon supported by First Site Gallery. About this Event Multidisciplinary artist Aaron Billings doesn’t produce the type of comics you might be used to. Instead, the inaugural On-Site artist uses narrative as a medium, telling his stories through drawing, ceramics and textile works.
Rosi Braidotti: Posthuman Feminism
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Rosi Braidotti! When and where Wed., 8 March 2023, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm AEDT Location The Capitol 113 Swanston Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia Map and directions Refund Policy Contact the organiser to request a refund. Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable. About this event 1 hour Mobile eTicket "Feminism is the desire for freedom, a deep, visceral longing for overcoming conditions that are not bearable, unfair, not sustainable" - Rosi Braidotti.
Queer in the City: 1980s Clubs, fashion and queer culture in Melbourne
Advertisement Queer in the City: 1980s Clubs, fashion and queer culture in Melbourne Join us as we celebrate the resilience, creativity, and joy of queer culture in 1980s Melbourne. About this Event Queer in the city: 1980s clubs, fashion and queer culture in Melbourne Friday 17 March from 12:30PM - 1:30PM at RMIT Gallery Join us for a panel discussion exploring the vibrant queer culture of 1980s Melbourne.
Closing Party: On-Site
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Opening Celebration: Radical Utopia
About this Event Opening Celebration, Radical Utopia Join us for the opening night of RMIT Gallery’s exhibition Radical Utopia on Thursday 2 March. Kerstin Thompson, Principal and Director, Kerstin Thompson Architects, will open the exhibition. RSVPs essential. About Radical Utopia Melbourne in the 1980s was the site for new ideas to emerge, bend and transform the city, making its mark in post-modern design and media.
Visual storytelling with Aaron Billings
Tues and Thurs, February 21, 23, 28 and March 2, 14, 17 1:30 - 3:30 PM at First Site Gallery About this Event Learn the art of storytelling with On-Site artist Aaron Billings. In this workshop, you will receive hands-on training from Aaron, diving deep into the world of character building to create a six-panel comic.
Embroidery 101 with Aaron Billings
Embroidery 101 with Aaron Billings Tues and Thurs, March 7 and 9 1:30 - 3:30 PM at First Site Gallery About this Event Embroidery 101 with Aaron Billings Tues and Thurs, March 7 and 9 1:30 - 3:30 PM at First Site Gallery Join us for a beginner-friendly embroidery workshop with On-Site artist Aaron Billings. Aaron will lead a small class through embroidery basics, using simple stitches to create your unique design.
Screen Presence 23
About this Event Screen Presence 23 celebrates Chinese Australian stories on screen at The Capitol theatre. We welcome everyone to share the laughs, learnings, and heartaches of what it means to be Chinese Australian in complex times.
Screen Presence 23
Presented by Chinese Museum Arts Collective and RMIT Culture with support from CAST – RMIT When and where Location The Capitol – RMIT University 113 Swanston Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia Map and directions Refund Policy No Refunds About this event 13 hours Mobile eTicket Screen Presence 23 celebrates Chinese Australian stories on screen at The Capitol theatre. We welcome everyone to share the laughs, learnings, and heartaches of what it means to be Chinese Australian in complex times.
UnKnowing Madness - A performance by Thembi Soddell
UnKnowing Madness Presented in partnership with +Concepts RMIT Design Hub Gallery, Level 2 RMIT Design Hub Saturday October 8, 4:00 - 4:30pm This concert will present a new sound composition by sound artist Thembi Soddell made in collaboration with Amrita Dasvarma, Melis Layik, Kim Le and Hassaan Memon.
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