George Paton Gallery x MPavilion Parkville: Student works with Laura Banfield
Description
Step into a live moment of student making, where process is part of the work.
University of Melbourne students have spent the semester testing ideas through movement, material and collaboration – with their art brought into the open at MPavilion Parkville.
Encounter new artistic works emerging under the guidance of artist Laura Banfield. Working across performance, sculpture and video, Laura explores the entanglement of material and bodies through choreography, materials, and iterative experimentation.
Drawing on her practice, Laura led a series of creative development workshops in the George Paton Gallery Arts Lab. The students have worked with Laura and the George Paton Gallery team to create artworks shaped through shared making, iteration and exchange. Students have been thinking through sound, gesture and physical activation as they experiment with materials and tactility toward the creation of 'body sculptures'.
These works and accompanying movement practices will be presented 19–21 May, making practice public.
Schedule:
Tuesday 19 May, drop in between 12pm and 2pm
Wednesday 20 May, drop in between 5pm and 7pm, performance from 5.30pm
Thursday 21 May, drop in between 12pm and 2pm
Artist
Laura Banfield
Laura Banfield works across performance, sculpture and video to explore the entanglement of material and bodies. Her practice utilises performed choreography alongside industrial and textile-based materials, informed by her background in dance. She has exhibited locally and internationally during Frieze Art Fair in Seoul, NGV’s Melbourne Design Week, the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Moving Image Program, and at KINGS Artist Run, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts.
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