12 February — 21 March The Endless Garment: The New Craft of Machine Knitting Future directions of the new craft of machine knitting. This exhibition explores the way fashion is designed and made. Part of the 2010 L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Curators Robyn Healy and Ricarda Bigolin. Artists Sandra Backlund (Sweden), Walter Van Beirendonck, (Belgium), Cooperative Designs (UK), Mark Fast (UK), Nikki Gabriel (Australia), Yoshiki Hishinuma (Japan), ISSEY MIYAKE (Japan), Saverio Palatella (Italy), Freddie Robins (UK) and SIBLING (UK). Public Program 12 February: Nikki Gabriel, artist talk and workshop; 25 February: Robyn Healy and Ricarda Bigolin, curators’ talk; 3 March: Ricarda Bigolin and Dean Jones, 3 Jumpers talk; 10 March: Jenny Underwood, Knit your Building: architecture, design and fashion; 12 March: SHIMA SEIKI Lab: From computer to knitting; 17 March: Miyake Design Studio – special guest Creative Director Dai Fujiwara, public lecture; 20 March: SHIMA SEIKI Lab: From computer to knitting.

8 April — 26 June Contemporary Australian Drawings 1 Explores the depth and diversity in the drawings of the artists whose works appear in an updated survey on Australian drawing, by Janet McKenzie. A major component of the RMIT University and University of Arts London Drawing Out conference. Curator Irene Barberis. Artists Raymond Arnold, Irene Barberis, Godwin Bradbeer, Jon Cattapan, Greg Creek, Elizabeth Cross, Michael Esson, Graham Fransella, Virginia Grayson, Pam Hallandal, Euan Heng, Philip Hunter, William Kelly, Culture Kitchen, Deborah Klein, Hilarie Mais, Mandy Martin, Helen Maudsley, Noel McKenna, Jennifer Mills, Allan Mitelman, Adrian Page, Mike Parr, Stieg Persson, Kerrie Poliness, Bernhard Sachs, Jörg Schmeisser, Jan Senbergs, Vivienne Shark LeWitt, Wilma Tabacco, Sarah Tomasetti, Aida Tomescu, Jenny Watson, Gosia Wlodarczak, John Wolseley, Helen Wright. Public Program 15 April: Irene Barberis, curator talk; 29 April: Godwin Bradbeer, artist talk; 13 May: Wilma Tabacco, artist talk; 27 May: Greg Creek, artist talk; 10 June: Jon Cattapan and Bernhard Sachs, artists’ talk; 24 June: Jennifer Mills, artist talk.

8 April — 26 June Constellations: A Large number of Small drawingsBrings together Australian drawings from Art, Architecture, Cartography, Design, Fashion, Film, Photography, Science and Music, and explores how drawings are used, from schematic ‘thinking through’ studies, to objects for delectation. A major component of the RMIT University and University of Arts London Drawing Out conference. Curator Vanessa Gerrans. Artists Vernon Ah Kee, Micky Allan, Louise Baker, Jeremy Bakker, Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright, Tori Benz, Nigel Bertram and Kim Halik, John Billan, Alfredo Bouret, Mitchel Brannan, Mark Brown, Kirsty Bruce, Gregory Burgess, Cache and SPF 15+, Christian Capurro, Susanna Castleden, Simon Champ, Sadie Chandler, Peter Cole, Hugh Colman, Thea Costantino, Kerry Crawford, Elizabeth Cross, Peter Daverington, Peter Davidson, Clare Davies, George Davis, Chris Dench, Nick Devlin, Kim Donaldson, Richard Dunn, Ross Edwards, Sarah Edwards, Peter Elliott, Dale Ferguson, Michael P Fikaris, Cecilia Fogelberg, Hayden Fowler, Marita Fraser, Kristian Fredrikson, ghostpatrol, Sharon Goodwin, Elizabeth Gower, Virginia Grayson, Ian Haig, Pam Hallandal, Alex Hamilton, Elizabeth Hammond, David Harley, Stuart Harrison, Patrick Hartigan, Michael Hawkins, Petr Herel, Sophie Herel, Bevan Honey, Cherry Hood, Philip Hunter, Adrian Iredale, Zbigniew Janorsky, Anne Judell, Louis Kahan, Roger Kemp, Mona Ketelsen, Cassandra Laing, Amanda Laming, Charlotte Lance, Alex Lawler, Liza Lim, Kevin Lincoln, Chelle Macnaughtan, Mary MacQueen, Hilarie Mais, Barrie Marshall, Helen Maudsley, Susan McMinn, Sean Meilak, Miso, Allan Mitelman, Vivian Mitsogianni and Dean Boothroyd, Greg Moncrieff, Kevin Mortensen, Nick Mourtzakis, Ainslie Murray, Dorota Mytych, Ryan Nazzari, John R. Neeson, Nior, Minifie Nixon Architects, Charles O’Loughlin, Jim Paterson, Michael Pearce, Simon Perry, Jason Pickford, Daniel Price, Gregory Pryor, Howard Raggatt, James Reka, Ivan Rijavec, Louise Rippert, Cameron Robbins, Amanda Robins, Lisa Roet, Frederick Romberg, Joan Ross, Kenneth Rowell, Vin Ryan, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Kirrily Schell, John Scurry, Alex Selenitsch, Jan Senbergs, Andrew Seward, Carmel Seymour, Ian Shannahan, Caitlin Shearer, Ken Shimizu, Roger Smalley, Christina Smith, Erin Smith, Peter James Smith, Tai Snaith, Michael Spooner, Susan Stamp, Al Stark, Fleur Summers, John Teschendorff, David Thomas, Chloe Vallance, Leon van Schaik, Peta Warner, David Warren, Jenny Watson, Sharon West, Gosia Wlodarczak, John Wolseley, Jen Wood, Mami Yamanaka, Michael Zavros. Public Program 8 April: Why I draw? Architects and artists Elizabeth Cross, ghostpatrol, Jaak Jurisson (USA) and Vivian Mitsogianni debate topics such as drawing by hand versus computer and the importance of drawing in their art practice; 12 April – 22 May: The Drawing Room, visitors are invited to contribute to an evolving communal artwork on the walls of the Gallery.

23 July — 11 September The Stony Rises Project The Stony Rises Project presents ten contemporary artists and designers exploring the rich, layered histories of the Western District of Victoria. The accompanying publication Designing Place: An Archeology of the Western District, is published by Melbourne Books. A NETS Victoria touring exhibition developed by RMIT Design Research Institute. Curators Lisa Byrne, Harriet Edquist and Laurene Vaughan. Artists Vicki Couzens, Lesley Duxbury, Ruth Johnstone, Seth Keen, Gini Lee, Jenny Lowe, Marion Manifold, Laurene Vaughan, Carmel Wallace and Kit Wise. Public Program 23 July: Gini Lee and Laurene Vaughan, artists’ talk; 29 July: Curators in conversation: Harriet Edquist, Laurene Vaughan and Lisa Byrne; 5 August: Carmel Wallace, artist talk; 12 August: Kit Wise, artist talk; 19 August: Ruth Johnstone and Jenny Lowe, artists’ talk; 26 August: Marion Manifold, artist talk: 2 September, Seth Keen, artist talk; 9 September: Vicki Couzens and Lesley Duxbury, artists’ talk.

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THE STONY RISES PROJECT Carmel Wallace, Wall Wounds 2009, treated drystone wall

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THE ENDLESS GARMENT Walter Van Beirendonck,

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CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING I Godwin Bradbeer, Imago XIX, 2007, chinagraph, silver oxide,

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DRAWING I Euan Heng, Elephant, 2010, neon, glass dome, plinth, neon: 59 x 49 cm (irregular), plinth: 100 x 20 x 20cm, Dome: 14 x 14 cm. 4

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CONSTELLATIONS Cache, The Queen’s Gambit, 2009, A3 digital print.

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CONSTELLATIONS Frederick Romberg, Gloucester Apartments, corner Spring

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SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT Screen Gown, AW0910 by MATERIALBYPRODUCT with Rowan Dinning.

Photo: Jeff Busby. (Photos 2/3/4/5 by Mark Ashkanasy.)

23 July — 11 September HELP ME, I AM BLIND Heidi Specker Theo Deutinger An exhibition and publication documenting the visual-textual dialoguebetween German photographer Heidi Specker and Austrian writer TheoDeutinger. HELP ME, I AM BLIND explores the meaning of homeland in theglobal age. Supported by RMIT Gallery, the Goethe-Institut Australien, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen and the Federal Republic of Germany Foreign Office. Artists Heidi Specker and Theo Deutinger. Public Program July 30: Heidi Specker and Theo Deutinger, artists’ talk; August 3: “Where on (Google) Earth are we?” Seminar. Heidi Specker and Theo Deutinger join architect Gretchen Wilkins (editor of Distributed Urbanism, Routledge 2010) along with Melbourne poet Ann Shenfield (You Can Only Get So Close on Google Earth, Arcadia 2010) to discuss the impact of globalisation on the creative arts and architecture.

9 August: Book launch Distributed Urbanism: Cities After Google Earth What kind of urbanism does Google Earth produce? Edited by Gretchen Wilkins, Distributed Urbanism: Cities After Google Earth highlights the architectural practices emerging in response to the increasingly decentralised systems in which cities are organised and produced. To be launched by Hitoshi Abe, of Atelier Hitoshi Abe in Sendai, Japan.

25 September — 20 October 2010: Touring exhibition Power Cloths of the Commonwealth, IndiaPower dressing can be anything from handspun cotton loincloths and beaded head-dresses to elaborate robes and gem-encrusted gowns. This exhibition celebrates the power and importance of textiles in key moments of Commonwealth history, including Mahatma Gandhi’s dhoti and Queen Victoria’s gloves. An RMIT Gallery touring exhibition presented at the National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi, India as part of the XIX 2010 Commonwealth Games cultural program. Supported by the Australia-India Council, the Australia International Cultural Council, Arts Victoria and Arts SA. Curators Suzanne Davies and Jasleen Dhamija. Public Program National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi. Panel discussion on textiles and their symbolic use: Jasleen Dhamija (chair), artist and weaver Sara Lindsay (Australia), artist and academic Kay Lawrence (Australia), Koorie artists Vicki Couzens and Maree Clarke (Australia), Tsimshian weaver William White (Canada); speakers also from Trinidad, India, Pakistan and Zambia.

1 October — 13 November Somewhat Different: Contemporary Design and the Power of ConventionSomewhat Different demonstrates the diversity of non-conventional design, exploring contemporary trends and developments with regard to function, materiality, and construction. This international touring exhibition showcases the work of over 100 key German and European designers and in Melbourne features Screen Gown by Australian designers MATERIALBYPRODUCT and Rowan Dinning. Developed by the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IfA) and presented in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Australien as part of Berlin Dayz, the German-Australian Arts Festival. Curator Volker Albus. Public Program 1–4 October: Sleeping in the Office, Volker Albus and Malte Wagenfeld, masterclass; 5 October: Public forum, RMIT Storey Hall: Design – form, function or fetish? Alan Saunders (Chair), with Volker Albus, Susan Dimasi, Malte Wagenfeld; 6 October: Developing/re-building a new Berlin, a talk by Simone Hain, German architecture and design historian; 7 October: Volker Albus, curator floor talk; 8 October: The Victorian Seniors Festival free German morning tea and guided tour of exhibition; 11 November: Public forum, RMIT Capitol Theatre: Culture, Climate and Architecture – what makes Melbourne and Berlin so similar – and somewhat different? Claudia Perren, Juergen Mayer, Matthias Sauerbruch, Ulf Meyer, Shelley Penn, John Wardle, Richard Blythe.

26 November — 8 January 2010 Siemens — RMIT Fine Art Scholarship AwardsCelebrating the tenth anniversary of the Siemens–RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards. One of the most progressive scholarships of its kind in Australia, the partnership demonstrates the commitment of both Siemens and RMIT University to innovation, knowledge and excellence. Each year eight students share $32,000, five undergraduate travel scholarships and three postgraduate scholarships.

Fracture Gallery Federation Square Curated by RMIT Gallery Housed in The Atrium at Federation Square, the Fracture Gallery exhibition space consists of twin parallel glass walls, complemented by fractured glass shards and a web of crossbars. Fracture Gallery is presented by Federation Square and curated by Vanessa Gerrans and Sarah Morris, RMIT Gallery. 15 February — 16 April Very Slow Drawing Machine by Cameron Robbins. A cause and effect experimental drawing-machine installation utilising solar and wind energy to develop a delicate and rhythmic drawing over the span of the exhibition. Public program 26 February: Cameron Robbins, artist talk in the Atrium at Fed Square. 12 July — 15 August Fissure, by Chris Henschke and Donna Kendrigan. An installation that sweeps dramatically across the Fracture Gallery glass, providing glimpses of the subterrain beneath us. Public program 23 July: Chris Henschke and Donna Kendrigan, artists’ talk. 13 September — 7 November Histrionics Hydra, by Danius Kesminas. Danius Kesminas is the lyricist and co-lead singer of the ‘Concept-Art-(Heritage)-Rock Cover-Band’, The Histrionics. His mechanised life-sized tableaux of band members, live concert and 4th album launch commemorate the 10th anniversary of these legendary monsters of pedagogical art-rock. Public Program 17 September: Opening night, live performance by The Histrionics; 24 September: Danius Kesminas, artist talk.

RMIT Gallery is Melbourne’s most vibrant public art and design gallery, with a broad exhibition program exploring and celebrating all aspects of visual culture. Presenting changing exhibitions of Australian and international design including fashion, architecture, fine art, craft, new media and technology. RMIT Gallery also delivers an adjunctive program of public lectures, seminars and publications. Its public programs provide an opportunity for audiences to listen to artists, curators and leading visual arts professionals talk about their work and contemporary culture.

RMIT Gallery is prominently and centrally located at 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne, near the intersection with La Trobe Street. Diagonally opposite Melbourne Central Railway Station, the gallery can be reached by trams travelling on Swanston and La Trobe Streets, including the City Circle tram. Limited parking is available. Melways reference: 2F E1.

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CLOTHS OF THE COMMONWEALTH Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Ankerre Akhganentye (Emu Dreaming), 1988, silk batik, 132.5 x 332 cm. Janet Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, Australia 9

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SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT Ingo Maurer, Wo bist Du, Edison...? (Where Are You, Edison...?), 1997, Luminary

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AWARDS Becc Orszag, cannot contain this, 2009, charcoal on paper. Photo: Mark Ashkanasy. 13 __

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GALLERY Fissure, Chris Henschke and Donna Kendrigan at Fracture Gallery. Artist’s impression, 2010.

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