Copper Traces in Time: Hold is a response to the unprecedented times we currently live in, through storytelling and the creation of hand held copper discs. The surface of each disc is etched with images from RMIT student and staff experiences during COVID-19. These images were collaged together, etched into a copper plate and printed on paper using copper ink before the plate was cut into the discs.

Copper surfaces have been shown to have antimicrobial properties with COVID-19 no longer detected on it after only 4 hours.

While the virus is active the copper discs will be a reminder to act with care. Once the virus has abated the discs will be markers of this time which has drastically changed the way people live and will continue to affect our future.

Come and share a story of your COVID-19 experience and receive a copper disc.

Material Assembly (MatA) is a group of artist researchers within RMIT University whose studio-led enquiries explore the interrelationships between meaning and making with an emphasis on experimentation with material. As a group, MatA creates a critical, sensory and speculative space that fosters and facilitates research and collaboration within an expanded field of contemporary art and craft practices.

Members: Nicholas Bastin, Sue Buchanan, Yi-Jen Chu, Jazmina Cininas, Migg Dann, Robb Dott, Mark Edgoose, Andrew Gunnell, Rosie Gunzburg, Richard Harding, Kirsten Haydon, Kyoko Imazu, Claire McArdle, Lindy McSwan, Sam Mertens, Michaela Pegum, Ishkoodah Schofield-Jones and Sarah Tomasetti.

Copper Traces in Time: Hold

Participants (RMIT students and staff):
Evelyn Challinor, Holly Cook, Rebecca Delange, Michaela Desideri-Zigante, Mark Edgoose, Michelle Ferreira, Jodie Flugge, Andrew Gunnell, Kirsten Haydon, Tracey Jones, Angelique Joy, Stephanie Keath, Debra Lemcke, Sarah Lockey, Daniel Longo, Beatrix MacIntyre, Claire McArdle, Lindy McSwan, Alexander Munday, Sevim Dogan Ozkan, Emily Parker, Michaela Pegum, Hannah Phemister, Zheng Qiwen, J Rosenbaum, Imogen Rowland, Qiu Ruiqi, Keir Scott-Schrueder, Faith Spencer, Miranda Smith, SUPERPLEASED (Eli Giannini and Sue Buchanan), Amanda Tonkin-Hill, Zina Sofer, Xiangling Su, Phoebe Thompson, Kit Wise, Hu Xueyang, Hui Yang and Christine Yeghyaian.

Opening Times:
Friday 26 March: 12:15pm–1:00pm
Saturday 27 March: 12:15pm–1:00pm
Sunday 28 March: 12:15pm–1:00pm
Monday 29 March: 12:15pm–1:00pm
Tuesday 30 March: 12:15pm–1:00pm
Wednesday 31 March: 12:15pm–1:00pm
Thursday 1 April: 12:15pm–1:00pm

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Image credit: Etched copper disc held in the hand, courtesy of Material Assembly