THE REMAKING OF THINGS

Dear you,

We invite you to explore The remaking of things, a new work commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria for Melbourne Now.

For our part of Melbourne Now, we have made a green pocket of restored eucalyptus forest habitat especially for the Grey-headed flying fox, collaged from 100 pieces in the collection of the NGV. Accompanying our 35-metre-long collage, a 24-minute sound and light loop allows you to experience the dawn fly-in to dusk fly-out of a colony of flying foxes.

Melbourne Now opens tomorrow and runs until the 20th August, 2023.

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Fed Square, Melbourne
Entry to NGV Australia is free
Open daily 10am–5pm

In addition to this piece, there is a NGV collage activity, open to all, in the middle of the forest, and various activities listed below as part of our Melbourne Now Community Hall Artists-in-Residence for the month of April. If you can, please pop along to any or all; we'd love to see you there.

#theremakingofthings
Head to Marginalia to look into how this work all came to be.

Yours, with happy wing beats,
Gracia & Louise

HIGH UP IN THE TREES: KOALAS TO GREY-HEADED FLYING FOXES
Gracia and Louise invite environmental and science communication specialist, Tanya Ha to host a conversation with Janine Duffy, President of the Koala Clancy and Lawrence Pope, President of Friends of Bats and Bushcare Inc. to discuss the key issues relating to the care and preservation of wildlife in our communities, sharing their experiences, expertise and insights with audiences gathered in Community Hall.
Saturday 22nd April, 11am

NGV TEENS: DROP BY AND MAKE A ZINE WITH GRACIA AND LOUISE
Community Hall Artists-in-Residence Gracia and Louise collaborate to produce zines and artists’ books. These limited-edition publications frequently feature collage imagery sequenced alongside the artists’ poetry and stories. In this workshop for teens in the Community Hall, drop by and join Gracia and Louise as they discuss the role of the zine and create a zine using the artists’ templates and a variety of papers and ephemera.
Tuesday 18th – Thursday 20th April, 12pm–3pm

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS: WARRIORS FOR WILDLIFE
Melbourne Now artists, Gracia and Louise look after wildlife in their home and work with Warriors 4 Wildlife, a registered charity dedicated to the rescue and transport of sick, injured, orphaned or abandoned wildlife. This school holiday workshop for children and their families, led by the fantastic team of volunteers from Warriors 4 Wildlife will focus on the organisation’s work through lively talks, story-telling and making activities.
Tuesday 11th – Friday 14th April, 10am–1pm

NO TREE! NO ME!: TIM PEARSON
Wildlife ecologist Tim Pearson presents an entertaining and engaging talk about these misunderstood mammals, where audiences find out why they’re important, how to live alongside them and what the real risks are of not having them around.
Saturday 15th April, 11am

COMMUNITY HALL SCHOOL DROP-BY ACTIVITY: DRAW NOW
See through an artist’s eyes and discover a different perspective through drawing. Artists-in-residence Gracia and Louise have selected some of the favourite plants of the Grey-headed flying fox for visitors to sketch.
Tuesday – Thursday, 10am–12pm

NGV Melbourne Now 2023

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23rd of March, 2023

Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
The remaking of things
2023
Digital collage, Inkjet print, and 24 minute sound loop

Digital print on Bauhaus STYline New York with self-adhesive backing
Printed by NGV
SwissQ inkjet CMYK components on Silver Metalised Polyester 300gsm satin with self-adhesive backing
Printed by Bambra
Original sound recordings by Tim Pearson
Sound production by Angus Kemp and NGV