EXHIBITION
2022
VENUE
State Library Victoria
YEAR
Handmade Universe: From craft to code and the spaces between is an exhibition conceived by the State Library of Victoria, celebrating the intersections between craft and technology and exploring the universe through this lens.
The exhibition comprises contemporary art installations that have been commissioned to sit alongside rare items from State Library Victoria collection. Two works of immense scale are at the centre of Handmade Universe: Mandy Nicholson’s striking textile work Dharangalk Biik I Star Country and Sarah Spencer’s epic knitted star map Stargazing.
The exhibition design brings the amazing vaulted ceiling of this gallery into dialogue with the artist commissions and collection objects presented below, with the integration of a giant wedged seat in the centre of the gallery that welcomes visitors to dwell in the constellation of art, objects and stories. The exhibition saw attendance of over 130,000 visitors, making it the most visited exhibition on record.
Client: State Library Victoria
Curators: Linda Short and Bethan Johnson
Exhibition Design: Studio Peter King
Exhibition Graphic Design: Forde Nicol
Lighting: MEGS Lighting
Build: Synthesis
Graphics: Decently Exposed
Photos by Christian Capurro