Mei Jing’s Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) major research project
utilises the traditional beverage tea as a medium in which to explore
people’s daily life and social relationships. Tea originated in China
and spread to other countries through its trade routes. Tea evokes
memories of the sights, sounds, scents and taste of the moment. Mei’s work addresses relationships between tea, jewelry
and nature. Mei has made and placed intricately constructed jewelry
within public space, choosing sites where her work is camouflaged within
the natural environment. Mei has mapped these different locations
throughout Melbourne and presents the photographic record of her
project. Tea mapping asks audiences to think about their relationship
and presence within public space.
Carolyn Cardinet’s arts project White Nightsreflects on the
mass production of plastic packaging and the impact single use detritus
has on our environment and our future. Her work is a byproduct of human
consumption, the stuff we use or are in contact with in our city daily.
Discarded packaging lies in our back lanes, overflows from our bins and
flies through our city streets, to finally wash up on our seashores.
Carolyn’s collects this packaging and creates stunning assembled
sculptural works. Carolyn is a graduate of the Master of Fine Art RMIT
program.
Season Poem by Wong Weng lo and Wilson Yeung is a
kinetic light based installation that evokes the cycle of the four
seasons: from Spring, Summer, Autumn through to Winter. Their work has
strong connects to Chinese ink painting, Chinese calligraphy and the
traditional Chinese scroll.
