Project Rooms 2008

Melbourne Art Fair 2008's Project Rooms featured new work created by: Damiano Bertoli, Jonas Dahlberg, Pat Foster and Jen Berean (in external forecourt sites curated by Mark Feary); Chantal Faust, Gabriella and Silvana Mangano, Dorota Mytych, Kouichi Tabata, Jong Gu Yoon (Centre of Contemporary Photography Melbourne); Jensen Tjhung (Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces); Sean Bailey and Alex Vivian (Joint Hassles); Ronnie van Hout (Satellite Art Projects); Brook Andrew and Claudia del Fierro (The South Project); Kyungah Ham; Kaori Kato; Anne Zahalka (offsite Project Room at Sofitel Melbourne); and profile artists from Tai Snaith's curated program House Proud in association with Next Wave Festival.

 
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    Structural Decline

    Structural Decline presented site-specific projects by Melbourne based artists, Damiano Bertoli and collaborative duo Pat Foster & Jen Berean, as well as recent work by leading Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg.

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    Centre for Contemporary Photography

    Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne) presented a group exhibition of three local and two international artists, each exploring contemporary photo media. Chantal Faust (Aust), Gabriella and Silvana Mangano (Aust), Dorota Mytych (Pol/Aust), Kouichi Tabata (Japan), Jong Gu Yoon (South Korea).

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    Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces

    Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (Melbourne) presented the work of Jensen Tjhung. Tjhung's diverse practice reflects the schizophrenia of his generation. His drawings, sculptures and large-scale installations present distorted memories and damaged impressions of his surrounds.

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    Joint Hassles

    Joint Hassles (Melbourne) presented artists Sean Bailey and Alex Vivian collaborating on an exhibition Free Your Mind and Your Ass will Follow.

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    Kaori Kato

    Kaori Kato's (Melbourne) work first began as a Victorian College of the Arts project, a technical challenge to create a drawing machine that would run endlessly.

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    Kyungah Ham

    Kyungah Ham's (Seoul) DVD installation project entitled Travel & Journey explores the notion of memory through the phenomenon of theme parks in Asia which replicate the great buildings and monuments of Europe and America.

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    Next Wave: House Proud

    Next Wave (Melbourne) presented House Proud, commissioning seven emerging artists to create new, site-specific work in seven homes in and around Melbourne. Curated by Tai Snaith, each installation was open for a one-day inspection during the Next Wave Festival.

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    Satellite Art Projects

    Satellite Art Projects (Melbourne) presented R.U.R, a temporary public sculpture and bold new work by Ronnie van Hout (Melbourne/NZ). The sculpture was an eight metre long robot, lying prone on the concrete paving of the forecourt as if it has just fallen.

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    Sofitel Melbourne

    Anne Zahalka, acclaimed Sydney based photographer, was selected for Sofitel Melbourne's 2008 Artist in Residence program, spending three weeks at the hotel to produce a new body of work.

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    The South Project (Inc)

    The South Project (Inc.), (Melbourne) is an international arts project that brings together the distinct voices of the Southern Hemisphere through cross-cultural exchange.

    For Melbourne Art Fair 2008, The South Project exhibition consisted of video installations by Brook Andrew and Claudia del Fierro and a 'reading room' providing access to significant critical contemporary art publications that do not normally reach Australian audiences.

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