Things to do Thursday: Fluidity at the Incinerator Gallery

Our friends at the Incinerator Gallery in Aberfeldie have re-opened to the public!


Essendon Incinerator, Walter Burley Griffin, Holmes Road (1975)
Photograph by John T. Collins, courtesy of State Library Victoria.


One of the current exhibitions showing at the gallery is Fluidity- An Exhibition in Digital Waves. You can experience it in person at the gallery, or online in the digital space.

"Fluidity is an exhibition presented on-site at Incinerator Gallery, and as an online resource via the Gallery’s website. It explores the force of soft power to affect change in the world through the political and poetic navigation of water.

Fluidity brings together newly commissioned works by some of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists, as well as works curated from the City of Moonee Valley Art Collection. These are presented alongside long-standing ecological projects that celebrate sustainable and healthy waterways in Melbourne’s North West."

Fluidity runs from June 19th until August 16th- enjoy the option to choose how to engage with these works- from the comfort of your own home, or head out and visit your local gallery in person once again!

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