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5 May — 1 July Ocean Imaginaries This exhibition focuses on some of the contradictions and conflicted feelings raised by how the ocean is imagined in an age of environmental risk. Responding to a recent turn to the ocean in the environmental humanities, this international exhibition considers how reflections on the ocean are aesthetically reconfigured when viewed from a contemporary urban perspective. Part of CLIMATE’s ART+ CLIMATE=CHANGE 2017 – a festival of exhibitions and events harnessing the creative power of the Arts to inform, engage and inspire action on climate change. Curator Linda Williams Artists including Anne Bevan, Emma Critchley and John Roach, Alejandro Durán, Simon Finn, Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Chris Jordan, Sam Leach, Janet Laurence, Mariele Neudecker, Joel Rea, Dominic Redfern, Debbie Symons, Jason deCaires Taylor, TeamLab, Guido van der Werve, Chris Wainwright, Lynette Wallworth.

19 May — 10 June Number Of The Machine Performed over several hours each day, audiences are invited to watch two human bodies become components of a kinetic sculpture, disassembling and laboriously transporting a timber dwelling from one synthetic island to another. Central to the work are two 6DOF (six degrees of freedom) motion simulators that exhibit a sentient quality rivalling the status of the human body in the space. Artistic Director Antony Hamilton Programming, System Design and Sound (((20hz))) Timber structure Justin Green Performers Melanie Lane and Amber McCartney Daily performances see Gallery schedule for updates Sponsors Created with the support of Darrin Verhagen, AkE Lab, City of Melbourne and Arts Victoria.

21 July — 9 September Fast FashionFast Fashion casts a critical glimpse behind the scenes of glamorous fashion, undressing the social, economic and environmental impacts of cheap production and unveiling a dark side of the industry, fuelled by mass consumerism. In response, the Slow Fashion Lab presented by RMIT’s School of Fashion and Textiles explores new fashion practices and experiences to bring about positive change. Curator Dr. Claudia Banz, Museum of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg (MKG). Sponsors DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt; Goethe-Institut.

21 July — 9 September mmmm… This Spanish collective has been producing art in the public space since 1998. Based in Madrid, where they have developed works such as BUS, Brick Car, Money in Booth and Bull’s Head, they also work internationally. Interact, communicate and interfere – these intentions have been at the forefront of their engaging projects. This retrospective exhibition presents a survey of the collective’s playful and thought-provoking projects from 2000–2016, exploring the common ground of their seemingly disparate ventures. Curators mmmm… Artists Emilio Alarcón, Alberto Alarcón, Ciro Márquez and Eva Salmerón.

Wednesday 9 August 6 — 7 pm Lichen ELISION Ensemble ELISION, Australia’s pre-eminent international contemporary music ensemble, perform the Australian premiere of composer Matthew Sergeant’s Lichen, commissioned for the RMIT Sonic Arts Collection. Sergeant is Senior Lecturer in Composition at the University of Bath Spa. In his music he is currently exploring ideas surrounding identity, hybridity, space and place. Artists Richard Barrett, Daryl Buckley, Graeme Jennings, Marshall McGuire, Peter Neville, Paula Rae, Peter Veale, Tristram Williams.

2 October — 11 November Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media ArtIn a time of accelerating social and technological changes, when it feels impossible to maintain pace with the present let alone the future, leading Australian and international artists invite us to explore our understanding of the present through work that employs, critiques and experiments with media and technology. Featuring commissioned and recent artworks. Curators Jonathan Parsons and Lubi Thomas.

1 December — 17 February 2018 WaterCreatively exploring contemporary issues surrounding water, this new exhibition draws on extensive research by experts from India and Australia, presenting a poetic dimension on ancient wisdom regarding water management in both continents, as seen through the work of visual artists and creative writers who have incorporated these issues into their work. Curator Suzanne Davies.

9 _ NUMBER OF THE MACHINE Performance rehearsal with Melanie Lane and Amber McCartney. Artistic director: Antony Hamilton. Photograph: Dian McLeod. 10 _ FAST FASHION Tim Mitchell, Mutilated hosiery sorted by colour, 2005. 11 _ EXPERIMENTA MAKE SENSE: INTERNATIONAL

TRIENNIAL OF MEDIA ART Michele Barker and Anna Munster, Pull (concept sketch), a 2017 Experimenta Commission, in partnership with ANAT. ©the artists. 12 _ MMMM... COLLECTIVE

Bull’s Head, action by mmmm… Madrid, 2013. 13 + 14 _ WATER Djambawa Marawili, Liyawaday Wirrapanda, Jangarh Singh Shyam, and Lado Bai, detail from a collaborative painting by Australia and Indian aboriginal artists, New Delhi, 1999, acrylic on canvas. Collection: Crafts Museum New Delhi. Photograph by Laxman Dass Arya. / Aaj Bhi Kahare Hain Talab (Ponds are still relevant), by Anupam Mishra, 2011. 14 _ WHITE NIGHT MELBOURNE Ectoplasm, audio reactive light projection mock-up by MindBuffer and Andy Thomas, RMIT Storey Hall, 2017.

RMIT GALLERY is RMIT University’s premier exhibition gallery, presenting an exemplary professional program of local, Australian and international creative works, research outcomes and cultural stories that promote social and academic interaction between the University and a global public with a focus on external partnerships and digital dissemination. The exhibition program delivers unique visceral experiences of visual art, new media, sonic art, design, popular culture, technology and art fusions in its five museum standard galleries. Centrally located at 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne, near the intersection with La Trobe Street. Diagonally opposite Melbourne Central Railway Station, the Gallery can also be reached by trams traveling on Swanston and La Trobe Streets, including the City Circle tram.

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17 November 2016 — 18 February 2017 Morbis Artis: Diseases of the Arts Interactive bioart exhibition: artists explore the metaphor of disease and the relat-ionship between art and science. Curators Sean Redmond and Darrin Verhagen Artists (((20Hz))), Alison Bennett, Drew Berry, Cameron Bishop, Chris Henschke, Harry Nankin, Andrea Rassell, Joshua and Sean Redmond, Simon Reis, Jodi Sita, Lienors Torre, Anne Scott Wilson.

18 — 19 February White Night MelbourneRMIT Gallery celebrates hybrid worlds with projections and interactive bio-artwork from sunset to sunrise. What Big Teeth You Have Storey Hall annex. Light projection by Jazmina Cininas. A bold new incarnation of the ongoing Girlie Werewolf Project. Ectoplasm RMIT Gallery Façade. Synthetic organic audio reactive light display by MindBuffer and Andy Thomas. Morbis Artis: Diseases of the Arts RMIT Gallery. Viral Screens RMIT Info Corner windows (La Trobe Street), Contagion by (((20hz))) and Bacteria of the eyes by Joshua and Sean Redmond.

10 March — 13 April Photography 130 Behind the Lens: 130 years of photography at RMITPhotography 130 features 100+ images charting the immense contribution 0f RMIT University’s photography programs to the culture and society of Melbourne. When RMIT began as the Working Men’s College in 1887, photography was a found-ation discipline, making it one of the oldest photography courses in the world. Sourced from RMIT University Archives, National Gallery of Victoria, Monash Gallery of Art, State Library of Victoria, private collections, photographers and artists, the exhibition features work created by RMIT staff and alumni between 1887 and 2017, in the service of art, politics, news, entertainment, commerce, science and discovery. Curator Shane Hulbert Artists including Pauline Anastasiou, Chris Barry, John Billan, Earl Carter, Peta Clancy, Lynton Crabb, Stuart Crossett, Heather Dinas, Greg Elms, Samantha Everton, Daniela Federici, Susan Fereday, Sue Ford, Jerry Galea, Mark Galer, Silvi Glattauer, John Gollings, Janina Green, Frank Guy, Ludovico Hart, Alan Hill and Kelly Hussey-Smith, Shane Hulbert, Richard Kendall, Bronek Kozka, Ian Lobb, Murray McKeich, Garry Moore, Steven Morton, Rebecca Najdowski, Harry Nankin, Phuong Ngo, John Noone, Bernie O’Regan, Jill Orr, Linnea Rundgren, Nikos Pantazopolous, Polixeni Papapetrou, Hugh Peachey, Phred Petersen, Louis Petruccelli, Clare Rae, Kate Robertson, Linnea Rundgren, Lisa Saad, Sam Shmith, Matthew Sleeth, Glenn Sloggett, Gale Spring, John Story, Darren Sylvester, Alex Syndikas, Henry Talbot, Heidi Victoria, Jens Waldenmaier, Lyndal Walker, Les Walkling, Michael Wennrich, Ellie Young, Joel Zika.

2 — 3 May Oceans: acoustic environments and electro-acoustic compositions SIAL Sound Studios, in collaboration with the RMIT Sonic Arts Collection, presents two nights of classic electro-acoustic works and new Australian and international pieces inspired and composed from the sounds of oceans. A vast range of auditory experiences exploring sonic environments above and below ocean surfaces, including calls of sea creatures and sounds of water in motion. Artistic Director Lawrence Harvey, director SIAL Sound Studios Presented by The Portal: a portable auditory landscape, RMIT University’s speaker orchestra. Venue RMIT Storey Hall.

MAIN IMAGE _ OCEAN IMAGINARIES Jill Orr, Antipodean Epic – Night Creature, 2016 (detail), Photograph: Christina Simons for Jill Orr. 1 _ MORBIS ARTIS: DISEASES OF THE ARTS Andrew Berry, Prophase cell 10,000x, detail from digital animation Hollow. Walter and Eliza Institute. 2 _ ELISION

ENSEMBLE Electric lap steel guitar, ELISION in concert. Photograph: Vicki Jones. 3 _ WHITE NIGHT

MELBOURNE Jazmina Cininas, What Big Teeth You Have, light projection, RMIT Storey Hall annex. Installation

image by Oliver Clifton, 2017. 4 + 5_ PHOTOGRAPHY 130: BEHIND THE LENS Daniela Federici, Iris Apfel, 2014 (detail), archival pigment print. Courtesy Daniela Federici Photography. / Linnea Rundgren, Radiolaria, 2010, SEM high vacuum @ 1700 x 30.0 Kv, archival pigment print. Courtesy of Linear Imaging. 6 _ OCEANS: ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS SIAL Portal (RMIT), merged with Seascape by Finnegan Comte-Harvey. 7 + 8 _ OCEANS IMAGINARIES Chris Wainwright, Red Ice 3, Disko Bay, West Greenland, 2009. C type photograph. / Jason deCaires Taylor, Inertia (detail), 2011.

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