For Release Cycle SEVENTH Gallery & Composite partner to present a 12-month screening series featuring clusters and conglomerations of moving image works by visual artists that experiment widely with form and format.

For the 2nd iteration of Release Cycle, we are delighted to present works by Billy Raffin.

Billy Raffin is an Argentinian-Australian artist based in Melbourne. At the heart of her practice is a curiosity for observing narratives, and a deep interest in consciousness and dreaming. Billy interrogates playful representations of the mundane, transforming simple interactions into thoughtful articulations. She works across the moving image, illustration, and music; music, in particular, has captured her imagination for the better part of 10 years, where Billy has played drums for a range of Melbourne bands.

Billy has created work for the SIGNAL Sound X Screen Commissions (2020), Gertrude Street Projection Festival (2021, 2019), performed at the Melbourne Fringe Festival (2021, 2019), curated and exhibited in a group exhibition, ‘An Oneiric Reality’, at the Brunswick Street Gallery (2020), is a recipient of a Moonee Valley Biannual Grant (2022), and regularly performs in her various bands. She was recently an Artist in Residence with Chateau Orquevaux in France (2022), the City of Yarra (2021) and has been accepted into the forthcoming King Island Artist Residency (2022). Billy is also currently undertaking a Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) at RMIT University.

Time: Doors and drinks start from 6:30pm; screening from 7pm.
Prices: $10 waged / $5 unwaged / no one turned away for lack of funds.

Seating allocations will be on a ‘first-come, first-served' basis and capacity is limited.

Accessibility Requirements

All screenings in this program are captioned however if you have any other accessibility requirements please let us know.

Wheelchair Accessibility

Composite is wheelchair accessible via the main carriageway ramp from Johnston Street as well as elevator access to the UG floor via the 'art deco' entrance midway down the Johnston Street facade and also via the rear entrance beside the Keith Haring mural, which has a ramp and leads to the elevator.

Gender Neutral Bathrooms

Composite has all gender-neutral bathrooms.

Accessible Parking/Dropoff Areas

If you are coming by car, there is accessible drop-off and pick up space at the side of the building beside the Keith Haring mural. There are also accessible parking located in the carpark at the rear of our venue.

Public Transport

Composite at Collingwood Yards is close to Stop 19 at the corner of Smith Street/Johnston Street on the 86 tram line. Only some Trams on this route are serviced by a mix of low floor and high floor trams. Read more at the PTV site here. The number 200 and 207 Bus' also stop directly over the road from Collingwood Yards.

Guide Dogs/Service Dogs

Guide dogs and service dogs are welcome at Composite.

Contact the host of Release Cycle: Billy Raffin