In discussion with the curators, artists Nicholas Mangan and Cameron Allan McKean discuss the research and development of their collaborative two-sided artwork, Death Assemblage (The blade that makes coral time is shaped like a mushroom cloud).

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Deep Time Real Time: The 2025 Alastair Swayn Legacy Exhibition

RMIT Design Hub Gallery

Creative direction by Fleur Watson. Co-curated by André Bonnice, Anna Jankovic and Fleur Watson. Exhibition design by Simulaa. Graphic design by Stuart Geddes and Žiga Testen. Access consultancy by Access Lab & Library (ALL).

This exhibition is produced by RMIT Culture in partnership with the RMIT School of Architecture & Urban Design and with the assistance of The Swayn Gallery of Australian Design. Find out more at alastairswaynfoundation.org. Also supported by the Victorian Government, with core specimens supplied by the State Drill Core Library.

Image credit: Installation view of works by Nicholas Mangan and Cameron Allan McKean (foreground right), Emma Jackson (middle) and Joel Sherwood Spring (left), in Deep Time Real Time, RMIT Design Hub Gallery, Carlton, 2025. Photo by Christian Capurro.

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