Ai Sasaki, Atsunobu Katagiri, Nobuaki Onishi, Hisaharu Motoda, Kiron Robinson, Hamish Carr, Jeremy Bakker and Utako Shindo 

August 20 – September 4, 2010
Opening reception: Friday 20, 6‐8 pm
Artist talk: Saturday 21, 2pm

If ‘landscape’ is something that reflects both inside and outside of our heart (KOKORO)... If, at one place, we gather artwork, which is expressed freely in response to multiple places ... What would it be like, this landscape that could be shared beyond different generations, cultures or races...

Immanent Landscape is a project realized by eight emerging contemporary artists from Australia and Japan, moving across both countries and engaging with each other over a two year period. The participating artists, Ai Sasaki, Atsunobu Katagiri, Nobuaki Onishi, Hisaharu Motoda, Kiron Robinson, Hamish Carr, Jeremy Bakker and Utako Shindo, engage in a diverse range of disciplines including photography, drawing, printmaking, installation and ikebana. Their works commonly reflect and embody themes and concepts of environment, both external and internal. The group exhibition explores the idea of ‘landscape’ as a position where various point of views can intersect.

The broader Immanent Landscape project consists of multiple projects including workshops, artist talks, residencies and research trips. Through these activities, Immanent Landscape aims to create active dialogues for not just the artists but also the broader art communities in both Japan and Australia.

Immanent Landscape proposes to be a place where we suggest and share a new ‘landscape’ that is longed for and embedded in our communal existence.

For further information: www.i-landscape.net

This exhibition has been supported by the Arts and Culture, and the Business and International departments of City of Melbourne and Arts Victora. 

Jason Maling and Torie Nimmervoll - Prismatic Auditors.

16 August – 3 September 2010

The people you call when you feel blue but can still see red.

In a world of threat levels, inconclusive data and faulty forecasting it is important to consider what colour you are. Is it a red day? Or are you feeling yellow? Your next-door neighbour is green – what does that mean, and will it clash with a fire drill?

As professionals committed to professional commitment Maling and Nimmervoll’s mission is to navigate the grey areas surrounding our decisions and interactions.

‘Triangulation’ is a collaborative statistical process involving thousands of tiny triangles and two calculators. The auditors offer their services to communities like banks, hospitals, or shopping centres. They equip workers with kits containing a spectrum display device (flagpole) that is placed in a publically visible location. Throughout the audit period participants are requested to change the colour of their flag whenever they feel it is emotionally, politically, socially, environmentally or aesthetically appropriate.

Maling and Nimmervoll log the changes on an hourly basis and translate the data into an evolving graphic installation of micro and macro proportions. Daily presentations feed back the community’s stories of prismatic defiance, solidarity, rivalry and emotional mood swings.

The Prismatic Auditors are currently working from The West Wing at Melbourne Central Shopping Centre.

Seeking interns: In the spirit of community up-skilling the Prismatic Auditors would like to invite interested parties to take on brief chromatic internships. Torie and Jason are going to be resident from Monday August 16 - Friday September 3rd (based in the West Wing but mostly out in the field). Assistance in performing the twelve-day audit from the 23rd August - 3rd September would be most appreciated. If you feel at all chromatically inclined and can spare and hour or two, or even possibly a day please email jason at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Taking part in a Prismatic Audit can bring colour meaning and focus to one's life (all uniforms and necessary training will be provided on the job).

More information about Prismatic Auditing can be found at http://www.prismaticaudit.com.

Go on, you know you need it.