The same crowd never gathers twice
Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

The same crowd never gathers twice, a six-month exhibition program at Buxton Contemporary, a public art gallery on the Southbank Campus of the University of Melbourne, uses moving images, sound, sculpture and performance to test the limits of the 'arena', i.e. the setting where humans gather to witness and participate in public life.

Rather than focusing on encouraging the visitor to think about what they are viewing, it asks the audience to question why they came to look at art in the first place. The concept of the show is an examination of how we each participate in public life, as a passive spectator, watching from afaror taking a more close-up and involved role.

Photography by Christian Capurro

May 2 - October 13 2024