New exhibition Chronomingle explores the interplay of time, culture and storytelling
The University of Melbourne’s Project8 Gallery will next week launch a new exhibition exploring the nature of storytelling across different historical and cultural contexts.
Curated by collective Cūrā8 and featuring a range of international artists from diverse creative practices, Chronomingle combines visual art, performance, movement, song, literature, film and digital media to trace the fluidity of time and the interconnectedness of diverse cultural experiences.
The exhibition’s name describes the interplay of storytelling practices across diverse media and art forms. Combining ‘chronos’ (time) and ‘mingle’, the term encapsulates how multiple, interwoven narratives can converge and interact within a single work, exhibition or event.
Chronomingle considers ways that artists blend, juxtapose and layer materials and ideas of time to reflect the complexities of human experience, recasting storytelling as a network of allegorical relationships.
Cūrā8 said: “At its heart, Chronomingle is about activating unexpected connections between different forms of artistic storytelling and understanding that they are all part of a larger conversation about human experience.”
FEATURED ARTISTS
- Jia Jia Chen
- Siying Zhou
- Claire Lehmann
- Abhijit Pal
- Janelle Evans
- Zamara Zamara
- Peter Hill
- Stickleback
- Priyanka Jain
- Elif Sezen
ABOUT PROJECT8 GALLERY
Project8 is a contemporary art space in Melbourne’s CBD committed to expanding aesthetic languages of speculative poetic and material innovation through curated exhibitions and related events. The gallery also promotes exchange, collaboration and partnerships between Australian, Chinese and international artists, researchers and communities actively engaged in contemporary art and discourse.
Project8 is supported by a Collaborative Research Agreement between Arts@Collins International Gallery Pty Ltd and the University of Melbourne.
EXHIBITION INFORMATION
Chronomingle | 19 October – 30 November | Opening Friday 18 October, 6-8pm
Project8 Gallery | Level 2, 417 Collins Street | Melbourne | Wednesday - Saturday 11am–6pm