Slow Read
Highlights
- Explore multi-disciplinary artworks that invite you to engage with the printed page and slow down your pace.
- Discover unique collages and assemblages crafted from personal collections, sparking your imagination with unexpected pairings.
- Delight in the creative expressions of featured artists like Jacky Cheng and Zoë Croggon at this immersive exhibition.
- Enjoy family-friendly facilities including a shop and public toilets, making your visit comfortable and convenient.
In an era of constant scrolling and visual saturation, Slow Read turns your attention back to the printed page and to quiet, deliberate acts of looking and reading. Multi-disciplinary artworks explore the possibilities of the book format, where artists utilise source materials from personal collections of books, archives and more. Through collage and assemblage, artists invite you to slow down and engage with these works – allowing your imaginations to wander through poetic new combinations and sometimes unexpected pairings.
Featuring: Jacky Cheng, Zoë Croggon, Julie Gough, Gracia and Louise, Nadia Hernández, Deborah Kelly, Martin King, David Noonan and Jayda Wilson.
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Writers Festival.
Images and Video
Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Accreditations
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- A hearing loop is available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/community/disability-access-and-inclusion
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