Alta Forma

Alta Forma is a curated project space in Naarm/Melbourne for artists working in expanded jewellery and object-based practices. We support local and international artists to create new, experimental and socially engaged projects. We provide a critically engaged exhibition space enabling artists through early, mid and established careers to produce and present conceptual projects and artworks. The Alta Forma exhibition program is curated by Director Meredith Turnbull and guest artists/curators.

Alta Forma

suite g07/620 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

0402 620 965

altaforma.au

Wed to Fri 11am–3pm, Sat 12pm–3pm

Preview

Bhenji Ra dreams in dance

In Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon, now showing at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Australian-Filipina artist Bhenji Ra explores pangalay—a dance form indigenous to the Tausug and Bajau peoples from the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah in the Philippines.

Josephine Mead

Feature

Taking flight with Sorawit Songsataya

Shaped by the movement between histories and cultures, the work of Thai-born, Aotearoa-raised artist Sorawit Songsataya draws on mystery and plurality as a means of knowing the world. The artist is now showing at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Monash University Museum of Art.

Amelia Winata

Studio

Consuelo Cavaniglio’s tricks of the light

Consuelo Cavaniglia’s sunny studio in an industrial area of Sydney’s inner west reflects the artist’s fascination with light. Her recent glass works, now showing at Chau Chak Wing Museum, play with apertures, shadows, reflections and transparencies.

Jane O'Sullivan

Preview

Tony Clark and the other side of sculpture

For over four decades, Tony Clark’s painting practice has merged a deep appreciation for art history with a desire to push beyond the traditional confines of prescribed mediums. His latest exhibition at Buxton Contemporary focuses on sculpture—or the idea of it.

Sally Gearon

Interview

Lost in Space: A Conversation with Cao Fei

Luise Guest speaks with internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Cao Fei—whose work is on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales—about why the city is a repository of memory and the power of the places we forget or overlook.

Luise Guest

Opinion

Home truths

Material concerns such as housing can determine an artist’s wellbeing and sense of possibility—an idea that is often overlooked by romantic ideas of art making that are out of sync with our current reality. How can artists navigate a society in which reliable shelter is elusive? And can art itself help us reimagine what it means to achieve secure footing in an increasingly volatile world? Jo Higgins investigates.

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Suggested Reading

Bhenji Ra dreams in dance

Josephine Mead

Taking flight with Sorawit Songsataya

Amelia Winata

Consuelo Cavaniglio’s tricks of the light

Jane O'Sullivan

Tony Clark and the other side of sculpture

Sally Gearon

Lost in Space: A Conversation with Cao Fei

Luise Guest

Home truths

Jo Higgins

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