Stockroom

07 November / 15 November 2026

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PERFORMPRINT
Live Art & Experimental Printmaking

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Performprint is a collective of Melbourne based artists. 

Development and expansion of our live performances practice has been consistent in Australia since its inception in 2012. 

Performprint emerged from the community print studio and locates this shared experience as a site of performance and collaboration, therefore printmaking is the vehicle and starting point for audience engagement and participation through performance. We are a multi-discipline collective at the junction where fine art practice meets experimental music/sound art and spoken word. 

Over the past 14 years Performprint has morphed and expanded to include sound art collaborations and ongoing artistic experimentation within the traditional context of printmaking. During performances we make large scale immersive prints using, block printing, music, spoken word, skateboards, steam rollers, rolling pins, body printing and branding. Performprint blends theories on copy-based technologies through print informed works and ideas of future and current human and political scenarios; and turns this into live durational performance work. These durational performances can be as long as 12 hours.

Notable past performances are: Fremantle Art Centre, 2012, FOLA, Melbourne, 2014, The Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2019, Mecha Festival of Experimental Art 2019. Performprint has been shortlisted for the Burnie Print Prize and Freemantle Print Award.  Internationally we have performed at the China Art Academy in Hangzhou in 2016,  Impact 9 (printmaking symposium in Hong Kong) in 2021, Tenjinyama art studio, Japan in 2023. 

21 November 2026 / 03 January 2027

gallery one

CAMERON ROBBINS
Dream Studio

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gallery two

LISA WAUP
when light remains

Stars screen-painted onto paper and hessian using phosphorescent and reflective inks, further articulated through hand-stitching, introduces both a visual and conceptual dimension to the works. Their presence shifts with changing light, appearing subtle or almost dormant during the day before softly illuminating in darkness. This transformation speaks to the enduring nature of ancestral presence and knowledge, which may not always be visible but remains constant, guiding and sustaining.

The stars represent ancestry and the ongoing connection to those who came before us. They evoke celestial and cultural systems of navigation, recalling the role of stars in guiding journeys, sharing knowledge and telling stories. Scattered across the surfaces, they suggest a collective ancestral presence, offering a sense of guidance, protection and belonging. They speak to the enduring connections between past, present and future, and the comfort of knowing we are never truly alone.

The stars also hold a sense of possibility, imagination and hope. Their infinite expanse evokes dreams, aspirations and the potential to look beyond the present towards what lies ahead. The phosphorescent ink, which absorbs and releases light, becomes a metaphor for resilience, inner strength and the enduring light carried within.

The contrasting surfaces of paper and hessian bring different material qualities to the work, connecting the delicacy of printed marks with the texture and structure of woven fibres. Through screen-painting techniques and slow hand-stitching, the works bring together the cosmic and the intimate, the ephemeral and the enduring. Together, they explore ancestral connection, memory, care and the quiet presence of those who continue to guide us.

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ceramic space

group exhibition
Vases

23 January / 22 February 2027

gallery one

WILLIAM EICHOLTZ

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Gallery two

ADAM BOYD

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Ceramic space

MADDISON TREZISE