Touring
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unsettling Queenstown | Photographer: Tom Roe
TOURING EXHIBITION

OVERVIEW

The 2023 Australian Venice Biennale exhibition ‘unsettling Queenstown’ will be unveiled at the 18th International Biennale Architettura in Venice, Italy, 18 May 2023, 12.30pm. Open to the public 20 May – 26 November 2023.

Unsettling Queenstown explores contemporary architectural tactics and projects in the context of decolonisation. Responding to the international theme it looks through the lens of Queenstown in lutruwita and on Kaurna yarta, as both a real place and an idea.  The exhibition encompasses a ghostly fragment of colonial architecture, immersive sounds and imagery, and propositions of ‘Country Demapped;’ a third, fictional, and unsettled, Queenstown.

For the first time, the Australia pavilion exhibition will return to Australia for a domestic touring leg. We are now calling for expressions of interest from host venues who have availability and capacity to host unsettling Queenstown in 2024.

Visit unsettlingqueenstown.org
unsettling Queenstown | Photographer: Tom Roe

unsettling queenstown

Features

Open Archive

  • 45-70 Poster paste-ups of Architectural Tactics (to be printed or projected by the host gallery)
  • 45-70 A5 tear-off sheets/labels of Architectural Tactics (multiples of to be printed by host gallery – numbers to be in line with expected attendance)

Immersive wall

  • 2 No. 7mins duration large scale projection on sequential loop (aspect ratio 1 high: 4 wide)
  • 2 No. Directional speakers and associated playback systems

Belvedere Ghost

  • Ceiling-mounted copper tube installation (3200m high x 8330 wide x 3750 deep outer footprint)
  • Weight: 150kgs total, 6 mounting points
  • Mounting: 6mm threaded rod bracket with eyelet, 2.8mm s/s wire assembly to pilaster plates
  • Installation instruction manual

Learn more about the exhibition at unsettlingqueenstown.org

Venue Requirements

  • Loading dock and fork lift
  • Crate storage area –  crate 2370mm long x 1270mm wide x 465mm high
  • Ceiling height minimum 4m
  • In-built speaker systems for ambient sounds

HIRE FORMAT

  • Exhibition fee: $7,500 excl. GST plus forward freight
  • Curators will assemble and disassemble exhibition
  • Projectors will be supplied if not available in-house

Target Audience

  • Adults, school groups, university students, special interest groups
unsettling Queenstown | Photographer: Tom Roe
MEET THE CREATIVE DIRECTORS

ANTHONY COUPE FRAIA

Director, Mulloway Studio

ANTHONY COUPE

A founding director of Mulloway Studio, Anthony’s interest lies in the intersection between cultural narratives and architectural expression. His practice encompasses a range of typologies including urban design, architecture and exhibitions where the design process is underpinned by story-telling and social responsibility. Many Mulloway projects have been recognised for their contribution to cultural heritage, urban design and architecture, including the Harts Mill projects and the No1 Pump Station – recognised at national and international levels. Anthony has given papers at international conferences and exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2014. He is a former National Vice President of Australia ICOMOS, and is currently the President of the South Australian chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, while undertaking a PhD by practice.

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Prof Julian Worrall FRAIA

Professor of Architecture, Head of School School of Architecture and Design, University of Tasmania

Prof Julian Worrall

Professor of Architecture at the University of Tasmania, Dr Julian Worrall is an Australian architect and scholar whose career spans both the profession and the discipline. An early inspiration came – appropriately enough – from his youthful travels in Italy, with Peter Greenaway’s film “Belly of an Architect” crystallising a pivot from physics to architecture. In both creative and scholarly work, he has pursued a multi-faceted inquiry into ‘alternative modernities’ in architecture and urbanism, nourished by a long and deep engagement with Japan.

This interest resonated with the themes of decolonisation and decarbonisation in Lesley Lokko’s framing of the 2023 Venice Biennale as The Laboratory of the Future, which took shape in the curatorial vision for unsettling Queenstown. He is most excited about the reflection that the exhibition will provoke from its audience, in “the specific rub of ideas and images that it yields”.

Julian’s previous contributions to major international exhibitions and institutions, including La Biennale (Venice); MoMA (New York); V&A Museum (London); MAK (Vienna); Strelka (Moscow); and Festa (Christchurch), make him an ideal Curator for the 2023 Venice Biennale exhibition.

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SARAH RHODES

Photographic Artist

SARAH RHODES

Sarah Rhodes is a photographic artist using a post-documentary practice to explore ways in which the natural environment shapes one’s inner world. 

Living and working on the island of lutruwita (Tasmania), her focus is on the indivisibility of person and place and key themes of isolation and connection, self-containment, and belonging. Her PhD research on the parallel between the emotional and geographical self, and the focus on Queenstown, has made a valuable contribution to the #unsettlingQUEENSTOWN exhibition. 

Sarah will showcase a series of video works at La Biennale that will evoke the psychological and emotional experience of being in place.

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Assoc Prof Ali Gumillya Baker

Associate Professor Indigenous and Australian Studies, Flinders University. Unbound Collective

ASSOC PROF ALI GUMILLYA BAKER​

Ali Gumillya Baker is a Mirning person whose family are from the West Coast of South Australia, she is an Associate Professor at Flinders University and a multidisciplinary artist who is a member of the Unbound Collective a group of First Nations artist academics. She is a both a renowned South Australian artist and a highly regarded academic in the cultural studies related to First Nations peoples. She has a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), University of South Australia, 1997, Master of Arts (Screen Studies), Flinders University, 2002, and a PhD (Cultural Studies, Creative Arts), College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University 2018.

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Emily Paech

Project Lead Interpretation + Urban Environments, Mulloway Studio

EMILY PAECH

Practicing architecture, interpretation, masterplanning, urban design, alongside teaching roles, Emily is driven by a desire to create sensitive,earnest places that reflect community aspirations. A great communicator, she engages with users and occupiers to champion meaningful experiences and thoughtful responses. With significant experience in delivering exhibition projects Emily has a nuanced appreciation of technical, budgetary and delivery requirements.

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IN THE MEDIA

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dezeen.com/2023/05/26/venice-architecture-biennale-key-pavilions/

indesignlive.com/events/pavilion-of-australia-unsettling-queenstown

archdaily.com/unsettling-queenstown-the-australian-pavilion-at-the-venice-architecture-biennale-2023-explores-themes-of-decolonization

forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2023/05/23/if-you-visit-venice-this-summer-dont-miss-the-breathtaking-biennale-exhibition/

architectureau.com/articles/australian-exhibition-opens-at-venice-architecture-biennale/

worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/fzhpn/australian-pavilion-explores-the-despoliations-of-colonialism-and-extractivism-at-venice-biennale.html

designboom.com/architecture/venice-architecture-biennale-2023-laboratory-future-african-diaspora-climate-change-02-22-2023/

elledecor.com/it/architettura/a43947866/biennale-architettura-2023-i-padiglioni-da-vedere-ai-giardini/

unsettling Queenstown | Photographer: Tom Roe

Contact

Nikki Massadi, National Manager – Events,
Australian Institute of Architects

Nikki.Massadi@architecture.com.au

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