For the 8th iteration of Release Cycle, we are excited to present a screening of Vidya Rajan’s moving image works.

Vidya Rajan is a multi-disciplinary artist working across performance, writing for screen and stage, comedy, and haunting the internet. Moving image intersects with her practice as part of the whole, culminating in surreal fictions, playful abstractions of body and speech, and DIY online culture. A former writer-in-residence at the Malthouse and recipient of the Experimental Art Award at Melbourne Fringe, Vidya is a 2023 Australia Council Digital Fellow, as part of which she is investigating interactive performance (irl & url) and its aesthetics, and the way video art as it emerges in these settings.

Time: Doors open and drinks start from 6:30pm; screening from 7pm.
Prices: $10 waged /$5 unwaged / $5 Blaktix / FREE - no one turned away for lack of funds.
Seating allocations will be on a ‘first-come, first-served' basis and capacity is limited.

Release Cycle is a collaborative curatorial project instigated by Diego Ramirez, Director of SEVENTH Gallery and Channon Goodwin from Composite. The programme stems from an interest in creating a dynamic and responsive context for the presentation of artists' moving image works being made now.

Release Cycle offers artists from across Australia the opportunity to present their work along with discursive and performative elements at Composite's screening space at Collingwood Yards each month from March 2022.

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: Vidya Rajan