Workshop

February 23 2025, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

OPEN STUDIO | MIDNIGHT CLUB – It’s All About Cars

Melbourne Art Fair
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2A Clarendon St, South Wharf

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To attend this workshop, purchase your ticket to Melbourne Art Fair here and register here.

Start your engines and stitch a small soft sculpture car with charismatic Arts Project Australia (APA) artist Chris O’Brien. Enjoy the moody backdrop of Midnight Club, a video showcasing many of Chris’ vehicular creations transplanted into the interface of one of his favourite video games, as inspiration for your creations. Stitch your very own New York Meter Maid, Taxicab, or Ice Cream Truck, with Chris.

Chris O’Brien’s diverse artistic practice spans painting, printmaking, sculpture, moving image, and zines. His work often focuses on domestic dwellings, anthropomorphising buildings and introducing characters to bring them to life. Enriched with personal connections, each piece carries a narrative depth. Renowned for his soft sculptures, O’Brien crafts vibrant sewn and stuffed fabric representations of houses and iconic buildings. Through this practice, he reimagines these spaces, transforming them from functional structures into playful, imaginative sculptures imbued with deeper meaning. O’Brien has worked with Arts Project Australia (APA) since 2002. His work is held in public collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne; and private collections worldwide.

Arts Project Australia Open Studio, Booth K1

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If you require any additional information or would like to get in touch please email: caroline.anderson@artsproject.org.au

Open Studio is supported by a City of Melbourne Arts Grant.

Image: Chris O’Brien, New York Meter Maid from Midnight Club (2022).

OPEN STUDIO | MIDNIGHT CLUB – It’s All About Cars

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called Victoria, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We recognise and celebrate the cultural heritage, creative contributions, and stories of the First Peoples of Victoria. We pay respect to Elders of today, emerging Elders of tomorrow and Elders of the past.

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