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Antarctica, Nagoya, Japan (2003) Anne Noble Sara Elagha Crooked Rib & aerosol Arabic Anne Noble Ice Blink: Antarctic Photographs Presented by City of Melbourne in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival Presented by the Centre for Contemporary Photography in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival Crooked Rib has been collaborating artistically since late 2007. A partnership between the City of Melbourne’s Community Cultural Development Program and the Muslim Women’s Council Victoria gave rise to this project, now comprised of fourteen young Muslim women. From street art to painting, stencilling to digital technologies, Crooked Rib works with artist Amanda King to express what it means to be young, Muslim and living in Melbourne through this remarkable exhibition of their new works. A remarkable exhibition from this major New Zealand artist that explores ideas about photography and the way it is viewed Collaborating with UK-based Mohammed Ali (Aerosol Arabic), Melburnians can experience the creation of a whole new vernacular in stencil art. Together and over the course of the Festival, Crooked Rib & Aerosol Arabic will create a mural that is a powerful collaboration around ideas of difference and the mutual interest to challenge cultural misconceptions and celebrate identity. Check our website www.melbournefestival.com.au for more information, including the location of the city street mural. Exhibition: Gallery 15 at 15W 15 Williams Street, City Thu 2 – Thu 23 Oct Mon – Fri 8am – 6pm ‘Ice Blink’ is a nautical term indicating the presence or absence of ice a long way off. This exhibition draws from a large series of photographs of imaginary Antarctic landscapes, made a long way from Antarctica - in museums, research centres, aquariums and Antarctic theme parks and discovery centres. Anne Noble has been photographing imagined and re-created Antarctic landscapes as well as Antarctic tourism since 2003, when she spent two weeks on Ross Island as a New Zealand Antarctic Arts fellow. Drawing on formal conventions of photographic beauty, Noble focuses on visual disonance and the discordant narratives of place within these environments. This exhibition includes images made in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Norway, England, Scotland and the United States between 2003 and 2007. Wellington-based Noble is an internationally renowned artist. She has just had a solo exhibition of her work shown in France where she has been the focus of a new biennale in Paris. Centre for Contemporary Photography 404 George St, Fitzroy City Street Mural: View Work in Progress: Sat 18 & Sun 19 Fri 24 – Sun 26 www.melbournefestival.com.au www.ccp.org.au Fri 12 Sep – Sat 25 Oct Wed – Sat 11am – 6pm Opening: Sun 26 Oct Free Free WEEK M 40 T W T F S S WEEK M T W T S S 01 9 10 11 12 02 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 02 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 03 20 21 22 23 24 25 03 20 21 22 23 24 25 01 8 F 9 10 11 12