Five new exhibitions open at Linden Thursday 21 November 2002 at 6pm

In Between in Gallery 1 is a collaboration between Christian Glyde, Caroline Glyde and Jenny Ryan. In this exhibition the single cells of architecture, painting, sculpture and theatre productions, mutate and merge to form an irrational reconfiguration of the city.

For her installation The Supplement in Gallery 2, Clare Millar uses video imagery and plaster cast reproductions of the work of Marcel Duchamp, to consider visual art parameters such as appropriation and structures of vision.

A Point of Origin, Rina Franz' exhibition of works in Gallery 3 explores cultural identity through the application of the architectural and illusory spaces of Renaissance Italy to the Australian landscape. The use of perspective becomes a metaphorical vehicle for travel through time and space.

In Gallery 4, Enclosure by Selina Ou, looks at work environments created for a sole body such as the booth, the vehicle, the news stand. The concept alludes to a species captivated by their contribution to a network of purpose and production far greater than their own identity and capabilities. (This project was supported by a Pat Corrigan Artist's Grant, managed by NAVA with financial assistance from the Australia Council)

A cave like environment will be created in Gallery 5 by Jenni Boettcher for Comfort Creatures, a sculpture and lighting installation that reflects social and environmental interdependence.

All exhibitions continue until Sunday 15 December. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Sunday 1.00pm - 6.00pm.

For further information and/or images please contact Jan Duffy on +61 3 9209 6794 or emailinfo@lindenarts.org

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Other Events:

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

– DECEMBER EVENT
Six Degrees of Separation:
From the Prince to Pamela Anderson

Tuesday December 3rd, 2002 6pm

In recent years, the City of Port Phillip has experienced a building boom. Bold new housing developments are springing up on previously neglected sites. Stylish makeovers are rejuvenating timeworn favourites.

In St Kilda, architects have been responding to the area’s historically distinctive and uniquely varied building styles in striking, sometimes radical and contentious, ways. Whether it’s the stylish redevelopment of the Prince of Wales Hotel, or Sam Newman’s controversial Middle Park townhouse, with its startling Pamela Anderson portrait façade, new buildings will always get people talking.

Beyond these attention-grabbing structures, small-scale domestic redevelopments and understated commercial refits, such as Balaclava’s Wall café, are finding new ways to merge old with new, cosmopolitan standards with local character.

At Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts, the current direction and future challenges for this local building boom are to be discussed by a panel of leading architects and designers, on Tuesday December 3rd, at 6pm. Participants include Cassandra Fahey, designer of the Sam Newman house, Mark Healy, from Six Degrees Architects (responsible for Pelican restaurant and the Wall café), Allan Powell and Peter Williams.

The event will also mark the release of Linden’s guide to local architecture, a map and guided walking tour exploring sites of local interest, from the backpacker hostel housed in St Kilda’s oldest house, to the area’s landboom mansions, Art Deco marvels, and stylish postmodern apartments.

Visitors to the forum will also be able to view the current exhibitions and meet the exhibiting artists (and architects) whose work explores intersections of culture, architecture and urbanism.

Entry Fees to the forum are $12 full and $8 concession and Linden Subscribers.
Bookings are essential, Tel 9209 6794 or email admin@lindenarts.org

For further information or images please contact Linden Director, Amy Barrett-Lennard, on 9209 6794 or email amy@lindenarts.org

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