Participating in the exhibition
Mending, letter writing, sleeping and receiving the gift of song are just some of the ways you can experience Lee Mingwei and His Relations: The Art of Participation. These projects involve varying degrees of participation from gallery visitors that occur before, during and after the exhibition.
The Mending Project
For this project you are invited to bring articles of clothing, fabric dolls and other textile items which you would like to have repaired or mended. The host, seated at the other side of the table, will converse with you while mending these objects using colourful spools of thread. Occasionally, the artist himself will be present as a host. You are asked, for the duration of the exhibition, to lend these mended objects to be displayed still connected to threads on the walls of the gallery. Towards the close of the exhibition, the beautiful threads that hang down from the walls will gradually multiply to form a complex web.
Hosts will be present daily from 10.15 am to 4.15 pm.
The Sleeping Project
Dates
2016
7, 21, 28 November
5, 12 December
2017
16, 23 January
13 February
If you wish to take part in The Sleeping Project please fill out a ballot slip in the exhibition with your name, age (participants must be 18 or older), contact details, choice of date and a message. Please place the slip in the box. A Gallery staff member will serve as the host, and invite those who have been selected to participate a least one week prior to the selected date.
Those taking part will be asked, for the duration of the exhibition, to bring and lend some items from the space in which they usually sleep. The participant is asked to talk about these items with the host before sleeping. Although the content of the conversations that will unfold in the Gallery will not be recorded or made public, the personal items of those who participate in this project will be remain on the nightstands and become part of the artwork for the duration of the exhibition.
Sonic Blossom
Sonic Blossom is a free component of Lee Mingwei and His Relations and takes place outside of the level 1 exhibition spaces.
Within the Gallery, a singer will find someone to whom they will offer a gift of song — an intangible gift that is meant solely for that person. Like a song that comes into being before vanishing again, our own lives are transient and short-lived — but perhaps all the more beautiful for that fact.
The project will take place each week on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 12–4pm.
Groups
All education group visits to Lee Mingwei and His Relations for 10 or more people should be booked at least two weeks in advance of your visit.
Tours will include an introduction to Lee Mingwei and His Relations and a selection of artworks and ideas in the exhibition. The duration and nature of your tour can be negotiated with our Education team when you book.
Booking is strongly recommended and booked groups will be prioritised. Large groups will be admitted into the exhibition in smaller groups.
To make a booking, email us with the details of your group, group size and preferred date(s) and time(s) of visit. Payment can be made at the Gallery's front desk on the day of your visit.
Early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary education group bookings
For all education groups on a general visit to Lee Mingwei and His Relations, we offer entry to the exhibition and the support of our Volunteer Guides for your group visit.
Early childhood groups FREE
Primary school groups FREE
Secondary school groups $5
Tertiary and ESOL groups $10
Adult helpers (per person) $10
Cost per person, for groups of 10 or more people. Bookings essential for guided tour.
Adult education group bookings
Adult education groups $12.50
Cost per person, for groups of 10 or more people. Bookings essential for guided tour.