Folding Together is a celebration of the diverse publishing pursuits of several artists who share a connection to Perth and Western Australia. Housed in Gallery 1, this temporary library and reading space will give visitors the opportunity to read and enjoy a variety of publications such as Leonie Brialey’s ‘Psychic Hotline’, Sophie Durand’s ‘The Hungarian Vignettes’, Connor Xia’s ‘Melting Point’, Janet Carter’s ‘Companion Animal’, Robert Cook and Matt Hunt’s ‘Acquittal Report’, and many more.

 

Zines and artists books take on a variety of forms – often they are the product of community engagement; sites of political discourse; journals of intimate confession and platforms for a diverse range of imaginative expressions. Embracing DIY, counter culture, collective practice and community, and using the zine as a strategic device for the projection of ideas, stories and experiences across vast distances and divides, this exhibition acts as a reflexive retrospective on the act of sharing and receiving knowledge. Cool Change invites you to engage the amassed collection, composed by some of Australia’s most exciting emerging and established artists.

Folding Together features the work of Mike Bianco, Leonie Brialey, Dan Bourke & Clare Wohlnick, Robert Cook & Matt Hunt, Janet Carter, Sophie Durand, Anna Dunnill, Oliver Hull, Alana Hunt, Steph Kretowicz, Gabby Loo, Danni McGrath, Dan Miller, Stuart Ringholt, Ben Rodin, Jess Tan, Jesse Wood, Nate Wood, Connor Xia