<<back to MAV ProjectsMAV Curated: Public-art installationMAV Kaleidescope
December 2023 - May 2024
MAV was proud to curate a large-scale public art installation for the Metro Tunnel Creative Program in 2024. Presented on the construction site hoarding at Anzac Station, MAV: Kaleidoscope illuminates the stories, contexts, styles, techniques, and multi-genres of Jenny Zhe Chang, Elif Sezen, Priyanka Jain, Stacey Edwards and TextaQueen.
Jenny Zhe Chang. Light with Hope Harmonious. 2021-2022. Digital Photograph of original installation by Ruben Fino.
Elif Sezen. Presence #1. 2023. Mixed Media. 800x800mm.
Priyanka Jain. The Forest on my Flesh - I. 2021. Digital Illustration. 297x420mm
Stacey Edwards. Twilight Black Cockatoos. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 880x890mm.
TextaQueen. Shama (The Flame). 2022. Fibre-tip markers and coloured pencil on cotton paper. 280x380mm
MAV: Kaleidoscope reflects the depth and range of culturally diverse artists, illuminating their stories, contexts, styles, and techniques across genres. This curation contemplates Light as an idea, framing it with existentialist humour.
The centre piece, Shama (The Flame), by TextaQueen is from their series Bollywouldn’t. A candle glows in Shama’s belly, tempting moths towards her in contemplation of birth, re-birth, and anticipation of moth-erhood.
Priyanka Jain’s The Forest on my Flesh - I responds to the interaction of digging in, exposing microbes of the deep, reminding us that everything is inextricably connected and yet unconnected.
Twilight Black Cockatoos by Stacey Edwards represents leaving her past behind and, like a bird, flying to new places and experiences.
Jenny Zhe Chang’s Light with Hope Harmonious, photographed by Ruben Fino, symbolises sharing and offering solace for those in pursuit of a better life.
Elif Sezen experiments with the concept of light on landscapes, encouraging healing and integration in Presence #1.
Viewers are invited to move beyond the threshold of constructed social systems and expand into the joy of nature and the cosmos.
The Metro Tunnel Creative Program harnesses the innovation, imagination, and expertise of the creative sector to help manage construction impacts.
MAV is committed to making sure culturally diverse artists and artforms are recognised and valued. We cater for diverse creatives and their communities, transforming the Arts by creating exceptional, meaningful work that reflects who we truly are as a society.
MAV: Kaleidescope was curated in collaboration with West Space, a leading independent contemporary visual arts organisation in Naarm/Melbourne. West Space supports the next generation of artists in Australia and builds communities around art and ideas.
The Artworks
BY ELIF SEZEN
BY JENNY ZHE CHANG
BY PRIYANKA JAIN
BY STACEY EDWARDS
BY TEXTAQUEEN
