Delmar Gallery Exhibition

Delmar Gallery’s new exhibition, ‘Biomateriality’, opens this Saturday at 3pm. Join us for the opening celebration from 3 to 5pm. Preview the exhibition, listen to talks by three of the exhibiting designers, and enjoy some light refreshments.

‘Biomateriality’ brings together researchers, designers and artists who are pioneering biomaterials in Australia, embracing principles of regenerative design and cyclical economies.

Joining a growing global movement, their research includes developing new materials such as seaweed-based polymers for 3D printing, biofoams and mycelium applications in the construction, packaging, design and textile industries.

This exhibition goes behind their studio and lab doors and reveals this research in progress, including material experiments, speculative design, prototypes and samples. It will also include art installations that explore the new aesthetics and philosophical underpinnings of this emerging field of design.

Exhibition opening: Saturday 14 May, 3 to 5pm
with artist and designer talks from 3.30pm by Alia Parker, Josh Riesel and Kate Scardifield

Panel discussion: Sunday 22 May, 2.30pm
Panellists: Amanda Morglund, CEO, Fungi Solutions
Daniel Goldsmith, founding director, Micoeden
Nahum McLean, academic and biobased materials researcher, UTS
Free admission, registration required: http://trybooking.com/BZJSQ

Exhibitors: Joanna Fowles / Kath Fries / Fungi Solutions / Micoeden / Philippa Abbott, Edward Linacre, Mycelium Studios and Matt Woods / Alia Parker / Josh Riesel / Studio Flek / Sustinent & Ellen Ferrier / Monash, RMIT and Swinburne design students with Gyungju Chyon, John Sadar and Canhui Chen / Nahum McLean, Kate Scardifield and Ella Williams, Material Ecologies Lab, UTS

The exhibition continues to 12 June. Gallery opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 12 to 5pm