Archives of Feeling: Trauma, Knowledge, Empathy

21 September – 10 December 2022

RMIT Gallery
Swanston Street, Melbourne

The complex repercussions of traumatic experiences, whether collective or individual, are often feelings we navigate alone. Archives of Feeling imagines new ways of sharing the felt dimensions of trauma. In this exhibition, artists share personal connections, lived experiences and the impacts of trauma on themselves and their communities. Collectively, they form an archive of works that navigate the trauma of institutions, colonialism and isolation. 

Combining creative practice with socially-engaged models of community collaboration, Archives of Feeling transforms the gallery into a living, growing and sensorial archive of feelings, encouraging us to explore, learn and unlearn. Spanning RMIT Gallery and Design Hub Gallery, this exhibition presents practical and thought-provoking resources for living with trauma, offering new ways of archiving experience and of experiencing archives. 

Includes the following projects and artists: Rushdi Anwar, Peta Clancy, Maree Clarke, Graeme Doyle, UNSW fEEL Lab, Julie Gough, Jenny Hickinbotham, Brian McKinnon, Rebecca Moran, Dominic Redfern, Mariela Sancari, T-collective and Julie Watkins. 
T-collective includes Simon Crosbie, Mig Dann, Yi Won Park, and Jude Worters.

Collectively curated by: Kelly Hussey-Smith, Grace McQuilten, Helen Rayment and Andrew Tetzlaff, and with the support of Jill Bennett, Renata Kokanovic and a community advisory.

This exhibition is being presented at multiple venues:

This exhibition is a part of The Big Anxiety.

 

Image: RMIT Gallery

EXHIBITIONSGracia Louiseresearch, Melbourne, RMIT University, RMITart, School of Art, time, Victoria Lynn, Where Lakes Once Had Water, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Senior Industry Fellow, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT Gallery, ushdi Anwar, Peta Clancy, Maree Clarke, Graeme Doyle, UNSW fEEL Lab, Julie Gough, Jenny Hickinbotham, Brian McKinnon, Rebecca Moran, Dominic Redfern, Mariela Sancari, T-collective, Simon Crosbie, Mig Dann, Yi Won Park, Julie Watkins, Jude Worters, Kelly Hussey-Smith, Grace McQuilten, Helen Rayment, Andrew Tetzlaff, Jill Bennett, Renata Kokanovic