Explorations 

A writing series exploring four of the events presented in Radiant Pavilion 2017.

Supported by Creative Victoria and the City of Melbourne.

P.D.F.* Exchange 
  *Portable Demonstration Facility
by Anna Dunnill

PETAL POWER
by Josephine Briginshaw ​

Paved with Gold by Occupation: Artist 
Kelly McDonald, Sarah Read, Becky Bliss, Vivien Atkinson, & Caroline Thomas 
interviewed by Sophia Cai

Sue Lorraine
interviewed by
​Natasha Sutila ​​

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CRAFTED WORDS

In 2017, Radiant Pavilion partnered with Art Jewelry Forum in presenting an opportunity for Victorian craft writers.
Supported by Creative Victoria and the City of Melbourne, Crafted Words encouraged critical discourse around contemporary craft, and emphasised the value of quality writing in this objective.

ANNA GRAY
Looking for Openings, Describing Radiant Pavilion
Anna was looking to connect with the skill, thoughts, and creativity of others jewelry artists, visitors and locals alike. A festival such as Radiant Pavilion offers the chance to see such diversity. It's not every day that the world comes south to Melbourne! 

In Between, exhibition at the Dirty Dozen under Flinders Street Station, as part of Radiant Pavilion 2017, pictured work by Lauralai Wilson. Photo: Anna Davern

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​MEREDITH TURNBULL
Radiant Pavilion--Illuminations
Meredith addressed the framework, aims, and objectives of Radiant Pavilion. Her contribution also examines specific projects within this year's program that focused on, or afforded, participatory moments within the biennial.

Clare Poppi, Seed jewel, unfired clay, cornstarch, soil, native victorian flower seeds, charcoal, hemp, jute and cotton string, 2017. Photo: Lisa Brown

KYLIE KING
The Revolutionary Object
For this piece, Kylie explored and unpicked the threads and traces of identities, politics, and histories bound or contained within, imposed upon, collected, carried, represented, and challenged by the objects and practices encountered during the festival.

​Justine Fletcher, 2348—Melbourne Tailoresses’ Union Triptych, 2017, resin, fabric, thread, paper, overall dimensions 180 x 350 x 120 cm. Photo: Justine Fletcher

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VIDYA SAI RAJAN
Play and Possibility
Vidya prioritised events and exhibitions that dealt with jewelry as performative, or that invited audience engagement with the social or emotive potential of the craft. 

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Occupation: Artist, Paved with Gold, 2017. Photo: V.S. Rajan

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Each writer was commissioned to write a 1000wd critical piece on Radiant Pavilion 2017. The theme, direction and format was entirely up to the writers but the was to reflect on the event in some way – what they saw, issues that arose, discussions that were sparked etc. The pieces were published online on Art Jewelry Forum.

This was an important opportunity to support and encourage critical reflection and discussion on work shown in Radiant Pavilion and issues in the field more broadly, from a range of perspectives.

The aim was not to commission four reviews of the event, rather to tease out the conversations that occur as a result of it and provide a platform to share these with the community, in Australia and abroad.