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Dormitorium
Installation Art, Performance Art & Moving Image
McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park,
Langwarrin, Melbourne

An exploration of changing bedchamber traditions and communal sleeping, Dormitorium also sought to understand the immersive effects of moving light and sound technologies on the ways we rest and rejuvenate.

MOVING IMAGE
3M
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COMMUNAL SLEEP: DORMITORIUM
TIARNEY MIEKUS
ART GUIDE AUSTRALIA
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WAKING UP IN A DREAM: DORMITORIUM
RAY EDGAR
THE AGE
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Dormitorium

Dormitorium was a solo exhibition at McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, following a design-research collaboration with Respiratory & Sleep Disorders physician Dr Marcus McMahon (Austin Health), Professor Shantha Rajaratnam and Professor Sean Drummond from Monash University’s Sleep Program (Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences).

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

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AN EXHIBITION THAT WANTS TO SEND YOU TO SLEEP
DORMITORIUM
GINA FAIRLY
ARTSHUB
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Dormitorium Documentary
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CategoryInstallation Art, Interactive Art, Site-specific Art, Performance Art, Moving Image

Location McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin

StatusCompleted

Year2017

CollaboratorsCaitlyn Parry (animation), Shelley Lasica & Phillip Adams (performers), James Wright (cinematographer)

PhotographyPeter Bennetts & James Wright

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