Immerse 2024 has ended. Here you will find the past program information.
Bedrock, Art Box
Bedrock
Animated light sculptures by Collide Public Art Initiative and artist Joel Zika at Stamford Park. Surreal images of local wetland flora and fauna displayed on holographic screens, inspired by microscopic images, maps, and engineering visuals.
- Friday 28 June to Sunday 28 July, 5.00 pm to 9.30 pm
- Stamford Park Homestead, 9 Emmeline Row, Rowville
Business Trip to the Future
Business Trip to the Future, Chalk River Labs
From Chalk River Labs, explore the supernatural symmetry of the universe. Revealing spiritual imagery of nature captured through digital video and presented as a psychedelic kaleidoscopic, projection-mapped pyramid sculpture.
- Friday 28 June to Sunday 28 July, 5.00 pm to 9.30 pm
- 52 Station Street, Ferntree Gully
Home and Habitat
Home and Habitat, Dr John Power and Jo Mott
Projection artwork at Stamford Park Homestead, exploring Knox's natural and human history. Combines historical archives from Bryan Power, community contributions from the students of Rowville Primary School, animation from Bachelor of Digital Media students from RMIT University, and the creative vision of Dr. John Power and Joanne Mott.
- Friday 28 June to Sunday 28 July, 5.00 pm to 9.30 pm
- Stamford Park Homestead facade, 9 Emmeline Row, Rowville
Love Letters
The day of the dead scroll 1 (detail), Kylie Watson
An exhibition of artist books and sculptural prints from artist Kylie Watson. Her works reference unread love letters, inspired by the digital age where messaging apps can alert those “left on read” that their relationship has come to an end. Contribute to this ongoing study of love letters by leaving your own written reflection when you visit.
- Friday 28 June to Sunday 28 July, every day during library hours
- Knox Library, Ngarrgoo, Westfield Knox (above Rebel Sport), 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South
Natures Store
Natures Store, Simon Burgin
Natures Store is a rear-projection moving image work created by digital artist Simon Burgin. Burgin reimagines Ferntree Gully’s natural environments and explores them through a future art lens using artificial intelligence aided photogrammetry.
- Friday 28 June to Sunday 28 July, 5.00 pm to 9.30 pm
- 54 Station Street, Ferntree Gully
Set in Stone
Set in Stone, J.Rosenbaum
From Melbourne-based AI artist J. Rosenbaum, Set in Stone features a generated mosaic and augmented reality video created using artificial intelligence. With creations revealing AI perceptions of gender, the work is a result of training the bias out of a biased neural network to prove that gender is not always set-in-stone.
- Friday 28 June to Sunday 28 July, every day during library hours
- Knox Library, Ngarrgoo, Westfield Knox (above Rebel Sport), 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South
With One Breath
Mixed media, AJ Woodward
Visual Arts students at Swinburne University of Technology have partnered with Knox Council to contribute to Immerse 2024. Students have created artworks embracing the theme of identity. They have experimented with a variety of materials through their creations and presented final artworks as giant paste-ups installed around Knox, creating a spectacular outdoor gallery. Thank you to the following students who developed work for this project: Dana Brown, Katie Dell, Lily Forbes-Tegner, Sanj Garnham, Max Kelly, Aurora Leigh, Angus Sheldrake-Reece, Kris Tokmakidis, AJ Woodward and Michael Yanovsky. Try your luck finding some of these colourful artworks around Knox.
- Friday 28 June to Sunday 28 July
- Various locations across Knox - follow @KnoxImmerse and @swinburne_visual_arts on Instagram to find out more
About Immerse
Immerse is a month-long arts event in Knox from 28 June to 28 July 2024.
Venue accessibility
These venues may not all be wheelchair and pram accessible.
We aim to ensure that everyone in Knox has equal access to Immerse. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable adjustments, please contact [email protected] with your request or questions, so that arrangements where possible can be made.
COVID
If you have COVID-19 symptoms, we ask that you please stay at home.
