Roseanne Bartley, ‘a’ necklace and ‘an alphabet of bracelets. Image courtesy of the designer

Roseanne Bartley: ALPHA BETA Past Event

Presented by Alta Forma

Dates

Wed 22 May 11:00am - 3:00pm
Thu 23 May 11:00am - 3:00pm
Fri 24 May 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 25 May 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Tickets

Free, No Booking Required

Venue

Alta Forma
g07/620 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

Access

Accessible bathroom, Assistance animals welcome, Seating available, Wheelchair accessible

Roseanne Bartley: ALPHA BETA is an exhibition of contemporary jewellery exploring the concept communication through wearable typography. Roseanne’s recent work approaches the alphabet as a tactile system: testing the anatomy of typeface design in response to the embodied conditions of ornamentation. This exhibition further extends this typographic-based enquiry across the jewellery vernacular, including alphabetic necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings that create opportunities for interaction between glyphic characters and the wearer’s body.

Participants

Roseanne Bartley (she/her)

Roseanne Bartley is an artist/jeweller who works in an expanded relational frame based in Melbourne (Naarm/Birrarung-ga). Her practice encompasses various modes of material engagement, including social processes, ambulatory and studio based making. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand Roseanne holds a practice-led PhD (School of Architecture) from RMIT University. She was awarded the Australia Council Barcelona residency in 2006, and has received support from Australia Council (2001, 2004, 2012) and Arts Victoria (2001, 2008), Punctum and the Ian Potter Foundation. Her work has been collected by NGV, Powerhouse Museum and Toowoomba Regional Gallery.

Meredith Turnbull

Meredith Turnbull is an artist, curator and writer based in Melbourne (Naarm/Birrarung-ga). Meredith has over 10 years experience in education, lecturing in Art History at RMIT University specialising in Contemporary Art and C20th Craft and Design, and in Art History and Theory and Fine Art at Monash University. She has developed major projects in Australia for Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University, the Centre for Contemporary Photography, the National Gallery of Victoria and Heide Museum of Modern Art. Meredith is Director at Alta Forma