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The Lobby

Locality: Swanbourne, Western Australia

Phone: +61 410 461 622

Address: 11a Rob Roy Street 6010 Swanbourne, Western Australia, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 INSTALLATION UPDATE | This past week Elizabeth Smith, Sam Beilby, Jess Day and Darcy Palladino have been working very had to get ‘Familiar Objects and Feral Arrangements’ ready for THE OPENING this Saturday14th @ 5:30PM. Jess Day, ‘Vestige of Volcanic Eruption: there’s no going back to normal’. 2020, pumice, expanding foam, coloured sand and torch. Taken by Elizabeth Smith

22.01.2022 Our ‘portal’ partners Paper Mountain are launching their ScxS event this Saturday 19th. https://www.facebook.com/1603518523/posts/10220350802472519/?extid=WsNRy7NxqB5LJ3M2&d=n

21.01.2022 OPENING TONIGHT | ‘double/take as part of the ScxS arts festival. Friday 18th September | 6:00-8:00 PM Looking forward to seeing you all for some Karaoke fun

21.01.2022 Posted @withregram @cherishbyher The coming showcase this month highlights my heart to explore the connections between Singapore and Perth. During my time in Perth, I had the opportunity to revisit spaces that detailed my biographical history as well as Singapore's history. Some of these histories do not manifest in a physical space. Some consist of ideological shifts birthing from the late 80s and early 90s. Whilst doing so, I noticed that many of those histories and conne...ctions were left undocumented. Hence, I truly believe that to rewrite history fostering safe spaces between the two states would be a great step forward. Through the festival, we hope to activate PerthxSingaporean cultural connections, histories of colonialism and resistance, and provide a seed for future potential reimaginings. As Arundhati Roy writes in her essay ‘The Pandemic is a Portal’ "Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it." We would like to thank all participating art practitioners for boldly joining us in this exploration of connections between Singapore and Perth. For more information visit the link in bio, and follow the participating spaces today! Paper Mountain: @paper_mountain Cherish by Her: @cherishbyher The Starving Artists: @thestarving.artists The Lobby WA: @_the_lobby The Substation: @the_substation DECK: @deck_sg

20.01.2022 Observing the post-colonial hangover in both Perth and Singapore, Akai Chew's work for the upcoming double / take (Sea Currents x Synchronicities) exhibition ju...xtaposes picturesque paintings from the colonial era with contemporary stock images. Through the juxtaposition, a commonality arises in the romanticisation of landscapes. In colonial paintings, rose-tinted images of native lands invoke curiosity to attract political and financial patronage, validating the act of colonialism. In contemporary times, iconic landmarks are heavily edited for maximum visual impact and recognisability to fuel the rapid production and consumption of imagery. In both instances, the everyday is transformed into a spectacle, revealing an underlying colonial desire for the romanticisation of culture and history. This coming Tuesday, Akai's work will be presented alongside the work of Australian-Filipino artist Jen Datu at The Substation as part of a small cross-border arts festival developed in partnership with The Lobby, Cherish by Her, and Beinthe.SPACE. Join us for the opening on 22 September, 610pm!

18.01.2022 SEA CURRENTS X SYNCHRONICITIES (ScxS) | Partnership Profile Founded in 1990 by the late Kuo Pao Kun, The Substation is known for its pioneering and experimental arts programming. Over the years, The Substation has worked with some of Singapore’s most critically acclaimed artists, writers and intellectuals including Alvin Tan, Goh Boon Teck, Amanda Heng, Lee Wen and Kok Heng Leun. Every year, The Substation presents an overarching artistic theme that informs the exhibitions..., programmes and initiatives for the year. Each of these programmes explores in greater detail the questions posed by the artistic theme and the societal issues surrounding these questions. Through these annual artistic themes, The Substation expands, leads and supports cultural conversations in Singapore, engaging the general public and exposing them to the full possibilities of contemporary art in shaping public discourse. The Substation is a recipient of the National Arts Council’s Major Grant for the period April 2020 to March 2023. See more

18.01.2022 ‘double/take’ by Jen Datu and Akai Chew has now closed. For those of you who missed it, you can now view it online, thanks to Leon Ong from beinthe.SPACE. Link in our bio.

16.01.2022 SEA CURRENTS X SYNCHRONICITIES (ScxS) Partnership Profile beinthe.SPACE, specialise in immersive media technology. They create and deliver stunning 3D virtual tours of real-world interior spaces, both large and small. Using the industry’s top platforms, their virtual reality (VR) technology digitally captures and replicates your physical space. They do this rapidly, accurately and in a fully customisable way, creating an immersive experience that will make your business ...or property stand out from the crowd. Leon Ong the director of beinthe.SPACE is kindly creating the viewing portals to the substation (Singapore) and The Lobby (Perth). The portal links will be available through our Facebook page closer to the opening. Thank you Leon for your amazing service. See more

14.01.2022 A cross border collaboration in the form of an arts festival is coming your way! Sea Currents x Synchronicities (ScxS) is a small arts festival taking place in Perth and Singapore. Throughout the month of September, the festival will present pop-up exhibitions across various independent art spaces in both cities. The exhibitions will feature works of both Singaporean and Australian artists, built on connections and synchronicities between the arts communities from these two ...countries. Speaking the universal language of art, The Substation and The Lobby will showcase the works of Jen Datu (WA) and Akai Chew (Singapore) from 2230 September. This initiative is developed in partnership with Cherish by Her and Beinthe.SPACE. Look out for more exhibition details to come!

13.01.2022 OPENING TONIGHT | ‘Familiar Objects & Feral Arrangements’ curated by Elizabeth Smith ARTIST PROFILE | Samuel Beilby (b. 1997) is a multi-media installation artist based in Whadjuk boodja (Perth, Western Australia). His multi-sensory practice addresses the sentience, softness and piercing brutality of contemporary digital and mechanical systems. Amidst a blurring of programs, humans, machines, information, matter, and digital and physical exchange, Beilby's work attempts to speculate upon the sonic, visual and ephemeral reverberations of non-human processes and tools. He is currently completing his Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Western Australia. Samuel Beilby, User-Friendly. 2019. aluminium, film and video monitor, lights, miscellaneous electronics.

13.01.2022 UPCOMING EXHIBITION | ‘double / take’ as part of the Sea Currents x Synchronicities (small) arts festival. ARTIST PROFILE | Akai Chew is an artist based in Singapore working with photography and mixed media. His interests include photography, cartography, psychogeography and urban exploring. He graduated with a Bachelor in Architecture and Built Environments from the University of Tasmania in 2019. Chew has exhibited at 8Q SAM, The Substation and VADA in Singapore. He has als...o exhibited at the Powerhouse Gallery in Launceston and Dark MOFO / Panopticon II in Hobart. Akai Chew, Osaka Profile. 2014. Digital Image.

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11.01.2022 UPCOMING EXHIBITION | ‘Familiar Objects & Feral Arrangements’ curated by Elizabeth Smith ARTIST PROFILE | Darcy Palladino is a local emerging artist working primarily with textile dyeing, natural dyeing processes, design, and patchwork quilting. She re-uses and repurposes offcuts and scrap fabric or calico focusing on improvisation and the surprising effects that has. Over the last twelve months, Palladino has been investigating the properties of local flora as a dye sourc...e. Harvesting natural dyestuffs from the local flora, she extracts colour from the plants which are then used in dyeing her fabrics. The result is a snapshot of the local WA landscape immortalised in crafted fabric pieces. Palladino is ultimately passionate about sustainable practice and interested in anthropology and history, and the wealth of knowledge possessed by the original custodians. Darcy Palladino,T(h)read Lightly. 2020. Fabric and thread. See more

08.01.2022 UPCOMING EXHIBITION | ‘double / take’ as part of the Sea Currents x Synchronicities [small] arts festival. ARTIST PROFILE | Jen Datu (1992) is a first generation Australian-Filipino working in Perth (Boorloo), Western Australia, having recently graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) from Curtin University. Datu has exhibited with Propel Youth Arts (WA), Little Wing Corner Gallery and Cool Change Contemporary in various group shows. Their practice is informed ...by personal experiences and observations that arise from social engagements. Through performance and installation Datu utilises Fluxus principals to examine the systems and superstructures that lie below the surface of the everyday, curiously questioning and reflecting upon the use of body gestures and familiar forms. More recently, Datu has begun exploring environments of employment. By uncannily reconfiguring these spaces, they prompt the viewer to question their predetermined readings of spaces and culture, and how they critically affect how we perform and interact with one another. By highlighting power dynamics that are not mutually exclusive from them, Datu reveals the interconnectedness between art, the viewer, and daily life. Jen Datu, Endless Grind. 2020. Video still. See more

07.01.2022 We proudly present Sea Currents x Synchronicities (ScxS) a small arts festival taking place in Perth and Singapore over the 18th - 30th September 2020. ScxS aims to explore and build on connections and synchronicities between the arts communities in Singapore and Perth. A collaborative series of events have been programmed exploring the future of creative work under the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the festival, we hope to activate Perth and Singaporean cultural connections, co...lonial histories, and provide a seed for future potential reimagining. Featuring group exhibitions showcased in The Lobby (WA), The Substation Singapore, DECK Singapore curated by The Starving Artists Collective, and Paper Mountain Gallery (WA). For updates about the launch, programmes, and exhibitions, follow us on Instagram: Paper Mountain: @paper_mountain Cherish by Her: @cherishbyher The Starving Artists: @thestarving.artists The Lobby WA: @_the_lobby The Substation: @the_substation DECK: @deck_sg e-poster: Akai Chew See more

01.01.2022 SEA CURRENTS X SYNCHRONICITIES (ScxS) Partnership Profile Cherish by Her, previously known as AFBATT (a reprise of faciebat depicted by the inscription on the Pieta), was established in 2018 by Shauna Goh. Goh currently collects works by contemporary female creatives presented in ground-up initiatives. Her practice hopes to embolden and elevate the work of another through cultural observations and facilitating a positive impact on emerging art practitioners. The name ...Cherish hopes to commemorate the pure intricacies within the lattice of the creative sphere. Image 2: In 2017, Goh had moved from Singapore to Perth to study art history at the University of Western Australia. It was during this time that Goh took this image at Matilda Bay on the banks of Swan River (Derbarl Yerrigan), in this moment she knew she wanted to form connections between emerging artists in Perth with the South East Asian arts scene. Goh is the driving force behind the ScxS arts festival. Shaun Goh, Raw. 2017. Matilda Bay, Perth