by Fran Leitch | Oct 3, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Goya. (1798) Witches’ Flight Recently my thoughts and research ( see previous post) have turned to the rugs (flying, seems to be a theme right now!) which I have been making for my boys and the work with my own hair that I have been processing for now...
by Fran Leitch | Oct 3, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Magritte, R. (1947).La Philosophie dans le boudoir I thought I would share a brief glimpse of the book “Fetish”, lent to me (many thanks to Judy Darragh for her kindness in this lend), containing a fantastic collection of essays published by the Princeton School of...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Oct 2, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
She threw herself at heartbreak, like a moth drawn to flame. Patching up her broken wings, just to try it once again. And the world all thought her foolish, for she seemed to never learn. But how do you save somebody, who’s convinced that they should burn?...
by Macarena Bernal | Oct 1, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
It begins with me spilling out that I’m uncomfortable.She says it’s important that I communicate this to Peter and to everyone else.I tell her that it’s hard to have good ideas in frustration, in despair, in this atmosphere we live in today. That I’m having to fight...
by Nina van Duijnhoven | Sep 22, 2021 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne 4-12 September 2021 For many months Handshake (NZ), Dialogue Collective (UK) and TempContemp (AU) have collaborated on the show “Containment/Uncontained” for Radiant Pavilion 2021. There were many zoom meetings connecting the 2 sides...
by Aphra Cheesman | Sep 16, 2021 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
‘Unbounded’ is a project I’ve been working on since the beginning of the year alongside three friends and fellow artists Gaia Maria Walicka, Jennifer Baulch and Nao Hirata. We all recently finished studying at RMIT (where we met) and decided to start catching up...
by Aphra Cheesman | Sep 16, 2021 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial took place last week here in Melbourne. Due to yet another lockdown, most projects were online, while a handful of exhibitions could be viewed in person in gallery windows or interacted with around the...
by Amelia Rothwell | Sep 15, 2021 | Amelia Rothwell
An intention A bond A community An anchor A hook A story An experiment A seat A look ...
by Amelia Rothwell | Sep 15, 2021 | Amelia Rothwell
‘All I feel like making are tears’ A mother (1942-2020) A friend (1972-2020) For ‘CHAINreaction: Handshakes at the Refinery’, Nelson Jewellery Week, March 2021
by Simon Swale | Sep 13, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Recent workshops with Estella have been challenging , but opened up so many new avenues for work and thinking; being asked to create moving image is new (to us all i think!) but the opportunity to develop refinements and multiple iterations resulted in surprising...
by Mia Straka | Sep 6, 2021 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
The Where. Leading on from my recent bamboo model making workshop experience with a focus on the architectural scale structure, and considering the concept of Home. I was thinking about what Home is for me, and what it may represent to others including and beyond a...
by Susan Videler | Aug 26, 2021 | Handshake6
Words with Iris July 2021 It had been months since Iris and I connected, both of us have had a busy year. It is always so grounding to hear her voice carefully analyse the photos I have sent her. We stray into other topics then work our way back to my work. She set me...
