MASS MEMO | Memo Magazine, Issue 1

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.

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

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.

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

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

Pearls, ribbons and bows.” — Camille Hassan.

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

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

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.

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

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

Consider gifting Memo this holiday season.” — Memo.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Memo Magazine, Issue 1, by Memo

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

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

Master of Architecture, RMIT by Safa El Samad

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Lucy Taylor Schmitzer

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

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Carla Abate

Honours, Victorian College of the Arts by Stella Corby

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

Sculpture, Victorian College of the Arts by Seraphina Nicholls

Photography, RMIT by Leah Shyra

Master of Architecture Design Studios, Monash Architecture by Rachel Soebekti

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Loqui Paatsch

Master of Fine Art, RMIT by Bradley Visaka David

Painting, Victorian College of the Arts by Camille Hassan

Master of Fine Art, RMIT by Emily Prater

Bachelor of Fine Art, MADA by Dianne Erlichman

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

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

Photography, RMIT by Juliet Phraser

Honours, Victorian College of the Arts by Michael Gentle

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

Painting, Victorian College of the Arts by Tarquin Charlesworth

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Memo Magazine, Issue 1,

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