'Velodrome' has been developed and exhibited on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri-Woiworung people of the Kulin Nation. Carly and Edwina pay respects to the traditional custodians and elders past, present and emerging.
'Velodrome' is a collaborative sculptural and audiovisual installation by Carly Fischer and Edwina Stevens that responds to the Coburg Velodrome as a point of departure for investigating some of the intersecting details and histories of Coburg. Oscillating around Coburg's industrial fringes, the installation reflects on how these in-between spaces and their accumulations of forgotten fragments, traces and tones reveal hidden histories and generate improvisational dialogues with local places. In the installation, sculptural, video and sonic fragments collected from these places are reassembled and reconstructed into a constantly shifting conversation throughout the duration of the exhibition. Through its intersecting loops, layers and accumulations, 'Velodrome' considers the importance of creating more generative engagements with our local places through their peripheral spaces.
Carly Fischer and Edwina Stevens began collaborating in 2018 through a shared interest in investigating the hidden histories and peripheral dialogues of places, through similar sculptural and audiovisual methodologies. Focusing on engaging with places through more intimate, fragmentary and generative processes, their collaborative practice seeks to create alternate narratives that question broader cultural and colonial perspectives. Based in Naarm/Melbourne, but also drawing on Edwina’s past and ongoing connections to Aotearoa, their investigations are particularly focused on the political importance of smaller details and local narratives. Their main collaborative projects have been exhibited at Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne and Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow and recently at Bus Projects and as part of The Incinerator Art Award.
'Velodrome' is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria.