MASS MEMO | 2023

As a student architect, it’s unlikely that any building you design will be constructed anytime soon, if at all.” — Madeline Lo-Booth.

In a moment of turbulence beneath the water’s surface, the world above is transformed into a series of fractured spaces and undulating lines.” — Ruby Benjamin.

The exhibition commences under the warmth of an orange canopy suspended above a line of foldable tables.” — Rachel Soebekti.

Descending into RMIT’s Design Hub Gallery, my first impression was, “is that it?” The gallery, shrouded in dim lighting, was lined with rows of uniformly sized panels, each approximately 900 by 1800 millimetres, evenly spaced across every wall.” — Safa El Samad.

Naarm, late November.” — Fern Cook.

Australians live by the “go big or go home” mantra: The Big Banana, The Big Prawn, The Big Potato, The Big (little) Hotel.” — Tarquin Charlesworth.

Pearls, ribbons and bows.” — Camille Hassan.

As you enter the Bachelor of Fine Art exhibition spaces at MADA Now 2023, you will see two video installations by culturally diverse artists: Miracle Mak and Shaked Gozlan.” — Dianne Erlichman.

You don’t often get to kick things in galleries.” — Lucy Taylor Schmitzer.

There is something gag-worthy about a gloryhole situated within refurbished police stables.” — Michael Gentle.

Through the window, I have a fine view of the empty oval across the road.” — Loqui Paatsch.

University graduate shows, by their very nature, are always contradictory.” — Bradley Visaka David.

Whispers in the audio are like mist, floating and spreading out along the spiral track on the floor.” — Sirui Yang.

As often as we’re asked not to analyse a work of art through a biographical lens, it is difficult to avoid this when artists cite personal experience as their starting point.” — Emily Prater.

Many readers may be familiar with the term “sonder”, a neologism that made rounds on the internet some years ago.” — Leah Shyra.

We could engage in the mental gymnastics of contemplating how the following works provoke the ‘what is a chair?’ conundrum.” — Sen Vanderzalm.

After weaving through the stairs of RMIT’s art school, I sensed a significant shift of perspective had been captured across all levels of this year’s photography cohort.” — Juliet Phraser.

Body + _____ = Collective Memory.” — Amber Stephens.

The sculpture department at the VCA was chronically online.” — Seraphina Nicholls.

One human clone, one fur bear, two brass candlesticks, four pencil drawings and seven clay teeth.” — Stella Corby.

Picture Sisyphus pushing his boulder up the hill, fearing that its weight could make it fall back down and crush him.” — Louise Frith.

Late nights in the studio, hand-rolled ciggies, shoplifting art supplies.” — Carla Abate.

Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts by Sirui Yang

Drawing and Printmaking, Victorian College of the Arts by Louise Frith

Photography, RMIT by Leah Shyra

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), MADA by Sen Vanderzalm

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Carla Abate

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Lucy Taylor Schmitzer

Master of Architecture Design Studios, Monash Architecture by Rachel Soebekti

Master of Architecture, RMIT by Safa El Samad

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), MADA by Amber Stephens

Honours, Victorian College of the Arts by Stella Corby

Sculpture, Victorian College of the Arts by Seraphina Nicholls

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), MADA by Ruby Benjamin

Honours, Victorian College of the Arts by Michael Gentle

Painting, Victorian College of the Arts by Tarquin Charlesworth

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Dianne Erlichman

Master of Fine Art, RMIT by Emily Prater

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), MADA by Fern Cook

Painting, Victorian College of the Arts by Camille Hassan

Master of Architecture Design Studios, Melbourne School of Design by Madeline Lo-Booth

Photography, RMIT by Juliet Phraser

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Loqui Paatsch

Master of Fine Art, RMIT by Bradley Visaka David

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