Gavin Ashworth's profile

ColourBox Studio Metrolink Residency, :Urban Scavenger

Between May 20 and June 3 2016, I was completing an artist residency at Colour Box Studio’s space at VU at MetroWest in the heart of Footscray. As part of the Residency I interacted with the community and created found object art made from urban waste. The residency culminated in an exhibition and Artist talk at VU at MetroWest.

...“My artworks will be made by, and be about, the art of living free of money and consumption,  Many people survive by dumpstering or squatting. This art is a way for people to emotionally respond to the industrial, urban or suburban space that surrounds them, I have found these tactics important in making this city a home that I can live in.”...
ColourBox Studio Metrolink Residency, :Urban Scavenger
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ColourBox Studio Metrolink Residency, :Urban Scavenger

Between May 20 and June 3 2016, I was completing an artist residency at Colour Box Studio’s space at VU at MetroWest in the heart of Footscray. A Read More

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