moving melbourne through art
Moving Galleries is a travelling exhibition of art and poetry which enables artists and poets, and Victorian Arts Organisations to showcase their artwork and through doing so enhance the travel experience for Melbourne’s train commuters, and build on Melbourne’s reputation as a cultural and creative capital.
Moving Galleries aim is to reach and engage an extensive and diverse community in the course of daily life by ‘moving Melbourne through art’. Through partnerships with Victorian arts organisations, such as the current partnership with Creative Spaces, Moving Galleries is expanding access to the public of the innovative creative arts projects and initiatives that exist within Melbourne and Victoria. As the poetry section of Moving Galleries is open for public submission, both professional and novice poets have been selected for publication. The poetry on the walls of the trains provides the commuting public with a snapshot of Victoria’s literary talent.
Transformation
an Art Partnership with Creative Spaces
Transformation was chosen as the theme for this exhibition in order to showcase some of Victoria’s transient site-specific arts projects, and also as a concept that could be explored in depth by poets of diverse backgrounds. The result is an inspiring collection of poetry and artwork to bring to Melbourne’s commuting public.
The artwork in Transformation showcases ephemeral exhibitions that have been created in such diverse locations as Melbourne’s laneways, parklands, shops and city buildings, as well as in trees, at a racecourse, and even a supermarket. Iconic locations such as the Arts Centre Spire, Federation Square and St. Paul’s Cathedral have been transformed into site-specific works of art, all with the common objective of inviting the passing audience to stop and think, and to engage in the artist’s work in a public space.
The poetry represents and highlights the diversity of Victorian writers. Poets contributing to Transformation range in age from 20 to 74, and come from varying walks of life, including professional authors, teachers, a bus driver, a research engineer and a brand manager. The theme of transformation has been explored in a multitude of ways, from observations on the seasons, time, and the natural world to those on work and human relations. Certain poems also reflect on the idea that some things are beyond transformation.
Moving Galleries hopes the audience will experience some form of transformation, big or small, by engaging with this current exhibition of ‘moving Melbourne through art’.
About Our Art Partner
Creative Spaces
The artwork was curated in partnership with our art partner Creative Spaces. Creative Spaces is a uniquely Melbourne concept, a digital resource that provides information on art spaces across Victoria. It is designed to facilitate greater access to suitable and affordable spaces for artists to develop, exhibit and perform their work.
Please take a visit to wwwcreativespaces.net.au
Moving Galleries and Creative Spaces would like to thank and acknowledge Next Wave Festival and City of Melbourne Laneway Comission for their assistance in the sourcing of artwork for the Transformation Exhibition.
Moving Galleries is supported by the Victorian Government’s Department of Transport and by Connex Melbourne.
