2022 PUBLIC PROGRAMS
LAUNCH
’VEGETAL/DIGITAL’ ALISON BENNETT
‘80 YEARS FROM NOW’ KIERAN BUTLER
THURSDAY 13 JANUARY 2022
Kieran Butler, I will love you unconditionally, you’re my priority, digital image detail. 2022.
Verge invited everyone to the opening of Alison Bennett vegetal/digital and Kieran Butler’s 80 years from now.
LAUNCH
’RECURRING MOTIFS’ PAUL WILLIAMS
THURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2022
Paul Williams, Recurring Motifs, 2021, installation view, dimensions variable. Photography by Zan Wimberley.
Verge invited everyone to the opening of Paul Williams’ Recurring Motifs.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
’UNTITLED’ CHRIS DOLMAN & PAUL WILLIAMS
THURSDAY 17 MARCH 2022
UNTITLED, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist
Drinks and light refreshments served.
Chris Dolman (drums) and Paul Williams (guitar) are UNTITLED. Long time collaborators, their musical style is largely improvisational.
UNTITLED make music that is indebted to the histories of minimal and post rock. Building on dark, exploratory, ambient and abstract soundscapes into structured and melodic riffs.
LAUNCH
’EARTH 200 CE’ KIRTIKA KAIN & SAJAN MANI
THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2022
Kirtika Kain & Sajan Mani, 2022, installation view, dimensions variable. Photography by Jek Mauer.
Verge invited everyone to the opening of Kirtika Kain and Sajan Mani’s ‘Earth 200 CE’.
LAUNCH
’THE EMPTY ROOM FEELS BIGGER’ ELISE HAMSEN & NICOLA SMITH
‘EVERYTHING IS OK :)’ JOE WILSON & CHANELLE COLLIER
THURSDAY 19 MAY
Joe Wilson & Chanelle Collier, Everything is ok :), installation view, dimensions variable. Photography by Zan Wimberley.
Verge invited everyone to the opening of Elise Harmsen & Nicola Smith, The empty room feels bigger and
Joe Wilson & Chanelle Collier, Everything is ok :).
LAUNCH
’SCREWBALL’ EO GILL (CURATOR)
THURSDAY 22 JUNE 2022
Screwball, 2022, installation view, dimensions variable. Photography by Jek Mauer.
FEATURING WORKS FROM: EO GILL(CUR), FRANCES BARRETT, ARCHIE BARRY, BRIAN FUATA, STANYA KAHN AND HARRY DODGE, SIONE MONŪ, JIMMY NUTTALL, NAT RANDALL & ANNA BRECKON, GARDEN REFLEXXX, P. STAFF, ATHENA THEBUS & CHLOE CORKRAN
Verge invites everyone to the opening of EO Gill’s curated exhibition, ‘Screwball’
WORKSHOP WITH KATY PLUMMER
’COLLABORATIVE ORACLE DECK’
TUESDAY 23 AUGUST 2022
Guided by artist Katy Plummer, participants worked intuitively with text and collage to create a useful and collaborative oracle deck.
LAUNCH
’FORECASTING THE TOUCH OF CHANGE’ ANNA MAY KIRK
‘BODIES ON A ROCK’ SHAN TURNER-CARROLL
THURSDAY 4 AUGUST 2022
Shan Turner-Carroll, Bodies On A Rock, 2016-2020, installation view, dimensions variable, MRAG, NSW. Image courtesy of the artist.
Verge invited everyone to the opening of Anna May Kirk’s ‘Forecasting the touch of change’ and Shan Turner-Carroll’s ‘Bodies on a Rock’.
LAUNCH
’THAT WHICH ENDURES’ THEA ANAMARA PERKINS
THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2022
Thea Anamara Perkins, FAAFAA4, 2022, acrylic on board, 45.7 x 61 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and the Paul Ramsay Foundation Collection.
Verge invited everyone to the opening of Thea Anamara Perkins’ ‘That Which Endures’.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
’USU CREATIVE AWARDS’
Zuni Mendez, Still, 2022, photographs on paper, (3) 297 x 420 mm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Verge hosted a series of public programs showcasing the talents of the participating students in each category. Family and friends were welcome.
SPOKEN WORD
Students read excerpts from their Word category submissions.
Thursday 27 October 2022
5:30pm-7:30pm
LIVE MUSIC
Live performances by students shortlisted for the Music category.
Friday 28 October 2022
3:00pm-6:00pm
ARTIST TALKS
An afternoon of talks, refreshments, and art.
Saturday 29 October 2022
11:00am-2:00pm
LAUNCH
’PHOSPHOROUS’ TARIK AHLIP
THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2022
Tarik Ahlip, If a City is a Mouth, the Country is a hollow Cheek, (detail), 2022, plaster, sand, pigment. Image courtesy of the artist.
Verge invited everyone to the opening of Tarik Ahlip ‘Phosporus’