✨ Fusion of Forms opens today at @caves.naarm !
Fusion of Forms is a series of multimedia installations that explore innovations in bilingual typography. Combining dynamic visuals with interactive elements, the project examines the fusion of two distinct typographic systems: English and Chinese. By deconstructing and integrating elements from both languages, Fusion of Forms reveals the richness of cultural interaction, demonstrates typography’s potential to transcend linguistic boundaries, and inspires new cultural narratives. The series invites audiences to reflect on their own linguistic experiences, fostering dialogue and promoting deeper understanding in bilingual and multicultural contexts.
Drop by, say hi, and experience the forms unfold!
📍 CAVES Gallery 🗓️ 15 May – 31 May 🕐 12–5pm, Thur–Sat
Big thanks to @rohanhutchinson for the beautiful photography 💛
#melbournedesignweek #ngv @ngvmelbourne #cavesgallery
The opening night of my group exhibition, AND WORD WAS GOD(神), is today from 6 PM to 8 PM at Run Artist Run! I warmly invite you to join us and say hi anytime!
Event: Opening Night of AND WORD WAS GOD(神) Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 24, 2024 Location: Run Artist Run, 6 Waterside Place, Docklands, Victoria
A collaboration between three first-generation Chinese Australians working in video art, poetry and typography design, And the word was God (神) draws upon their lived experience to explore how the languages they speak are used, exchanged and transformed across time. Through the sympathy between three modalities of practice, this exhibition discovers dynamic connections between the past, present and future of language exchange in Australia.
Caesar Li knows fonts matter.
It’s not just what you see but how you see it – right down to the font.
For Melbourne Art Book Fair, artist @caesarxinyuan ’s three-channel video work ‘ORIENT & REORIENT’ shines a light on the ‘chop suey’ style of letterforms – often found on materials that aim to create a visual impression of something 'Chinese', like fortune cookie packaging – and the impact of imitating ‘Chineseness’ without authentic connection to the place or culture.
We caught up with the artist in Melbourne’s Chinatown for a chat about his work and where he finds inspiration.
Come and see ORIENT & REORIENT on display at NGV International, all weekend – free.
👏 Over to you, Caesar!
Excited to be invited by @award360 to give a talk for Mandarin-speaking audiences next Thursday 🏄♂️
I’ll be sharing my recent award-winning project Fusion of Forms — honoured as Best Experiments of the Year 🌿
Event Details: Date & Time: 16 April 2023, 7:30pm (UTC+8) Language: Mandarin Event Link: /aladin/html/8d6c3430-a50b-4a17-a659-fe33f62dea07.html?channel=appmessage
I’m very excited to share that my article has been published in RMIT Design Archives Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2. 📖✨ @rmitdesignarchives
This issue explores “Multinational Design”, looking into how colonial histories, migration, diplomacy and global economies shape designers, their practices and the communities they work with.
As part of my ongoing PhD research, this article traces the evolution of chop-suey-like typefaces in nineteenth-century colonial Victoria, considering typography as a cultural form that reflects historical, social, political and cultural dynamics for the Chinese-Australian community.
Many thanks to Dr. Stephen Banham @letterboxtype for the wonderful design, and to RMIT Design Archives Journal Team, including Ann Carew, for the generous support and coordination.
Lastly, huge thanks to Dr. Noel Waite @noelnsaid and Dr. Fayen d’Evie @fkxde for their guidance and support throughout my PhD. 🙏✨
You can explore the full issue via the RMIT Design Archives Journal on Issuu:
/rmitculturalcollections/docs/rmit_design_archives_journal_vol_15_no._2_2012_
I’m very excited to share that I’ve begun a one-year artist residency at ACMI @acmionline .🌱🌱☀️☀️
Looking forward to working with a group of talented and creative professionals and further exploring screen-based practices!🤓🤓
Massive thanks to Noel @noelnsaid and Fayen @fkxde for their continuous support and guidance!🥹🥹🙌🙌
🎨上周六，我们与澳大利亚ACCA当代艺术中心合作，成功为展览Skin Tight举办了的中文专场导览以及一场布料肖像工作坊。Last Saturday, we hosted a Chinese tour followed by a fabric portrait collage workshop in collaboration with ACCA, inspired by the work of Tschabalala Self.
活动吸引了超过40位参与者。大家用色彩与布料作为媒介，展开了一场别开生面的自我探索，现场能量满满！We welcomed over 40 participants, each exploring themselves through colours, textures, and fabric—such an energetic session!
每一幅拼贴都独一无二、充满情绪与故事；看到大家完成作品时的惊喜与满足，真的让人很感动。Each collage turned out unique and personal. Seeing everyone’s joy and surprise at the end was truly heartwarming.
📸 这里是一些活动瞬间，创意满满！Here are some highlights from the workshop!
👉 欢迎持续关注我们，未来还将带来更多与当代艺术相关的精彩活动与分享！Stay tuned for more art-related events and creative sessions!
☀️我们的新一期活动这周六来啦，你们准备好了嘛！🎨 Our next event is coming up this Saturday — are you ready?
这次活动将在 ACCA 呈现 中文艺术导览 + 手工 Workshop 特别场！We’re bringing a Chinese-language Art Tour + Craft Workshop to ACCA!
🕒 3:00–3:50pm 跟随志愿者的中文导览，一起走进当代艺术家 莎芭拉拉·塞尔弗（Tschabalala Self） 的艺术世界。 From 3:00–3:50 pm, join our Chinese Language tour into the Tschabalala Self’s art world.
✂️ 3:50–4:30pm 我们将亲手体验拼布拼贴创作，在艺术的灵感中展开属于自己的创作！或是与新朋友们尝尝小零食，聊聊天～🧵Then from 3:50–4:30 pm, we’ll dive into a fun fabric collage workshop — create your own work, or simply enjoy some snacks and chats with new friends!
🎨 展览 Exhibition: Tschabalala Self: Skin Tight 🗓 时间 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 | 3:00–4:30pm 📍 地点 Venue: ACCA, 111 Sturt St, Southbank VIC 3006
🎫 免费报名 Free registration: 👉 /tschabalala-self-skin-tight-acca-chinese-language-tour
还有没报名的朋友抓紧啦, 期待和大家这周六见！☀️ Spots are filling fast — we can’t wait to see you again at ACCA!
❤️I’m thrilled to share that my work Fusion of Forms has been shortlisted by Award 360° @award360 for Experimental Design of the Year!🥳🥳
💛I’m deeply grateful to everyone who made this project possible 🥹🥹 — especially the amazing support from CAVES Gallery @caves.naarm and Storm @inside_mountains for hosting the exhibition, Xuan @asian.flush and Shae for their technical support, and Rohan @rohanhutchinson for the beautiful photography.🙏🙏
💚Thank you also to everyone who has supported this project along the way. It’s an ongoing journey, and I look forward to more beautiful creative adventures ahead! 🏄♂️🏄♂️
#typography #experimentaldesign
☀️☀️Join us in the gallery with ah ah ah art! Chinese art club for insights into ACCA’s current exhibition Tschabalala Self: Skin Tight in Mandarin Chinese. 诚挚的邀请您加入我们, 欣赏ACCA的最新展览Tschabalala Self: Skin Tight的中文艺术导览，开始一次有趣、轻松而令人深思的艺术之旅！
ACCA is delighted to present the first Australian solo exhibition of revered American contemporary artist Tschabalala Self. With new and recent large-scale paintings and works on paper and an immersive 3-channel video installation. Skin Tight introduces Australian audiences to a practice celebrated for its beauty and sophistication. Self’s distinctive style combines fabric, collage, and painting with avant-garde printing techniques, making her one of the most in-demand figurative painters working today. In recent years, Self has become increasingly steadfast in her exploration of beauty – something she views as a form of artistic resistance. ACCA荣幸呈现当代炙手可热的美国艺术家莎芭拉拉·塞尔弗(Tschabalala Self)在澳大利亚的首次个展《紧身》(Skin Tight)。本次展览汇集了艺术家近年来的重要创作，包括大型绘画、纸上作品及沉浸式三频道影像装置。塞尔弗以充满张力与活力的人物形象，引导观众思考：我们如何建构自身身份，又如何感知与被世界感知。
Keen to learn more? Secure your free ticket soon and join us!
想了解更多展览内容吗？ 通过下面链接预约这次的免费活动吧！
💬Event Detail/活动详情:
🕒Date and Time/活动时间: Saturday, November 15, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
📍Location/活动地点: 111 Sturt St, Southbank VIC 3006
Volunteer Hosts for the Language Tour/导览员: Caesar Li, Jenna Ji, Pallaksch, Chenchen Wang, Echo He
Bilingual Design/双语设计: Caesar Li
Chinese translation/中文翻译:Pallaksch
Secure your registration now at/通过下面链接预约活动:
/tschabalala-self-skin-tight-acca-chinese-language-tour
ah ah ah art! is excited to offer a Chinese Language Tour for CHRISTOPHE STIBIO: TRUE MORNINGS, NEVER REAL, ensuring language is no longer a barrier to experiencing these fascinating artworks. Join us for this amazing exhibition and fully immerse yourself in the experience. 我们小组非常高兴与MAGMA Gallery的合作，为MAGMA最新展览CHRISTOPHE STIBIO: TRUE MORNINGS, NEVER REAL的提供中文导览！我们艺术小组将在本次展览中继续“出击”，为在墨尔本，对艺术感兴趣的你展开一场难忘的中文导览之旅！我们将用中文为大家全程讲解展览背景，在这里， 语言不再是影响大家欣赏艺术阻碍！
True Mornings, Never Real brings forward a new space of beauty and freedom while investigating further the Australian landscape as a starting point. Christophe Stibio’s new body of works immerses us in the vaporous atmosphere of the early moments of the day, a transience where his profound observation exposes the infinite facets and realities of the land. He masterfully deals with the truest paradox - capturing the ephemeral, while revealing the fleeting nuances of an inimitable nature.
As he builds up bridges between the invisibilities in nature and the mind of the viewer who perceives them as present, he shifts (like Nature’s endless changes) absence to presence. As a result, one’s mind is left free to take over and lead the way on its own, experiencing the true substance of the land as a living, commanding, yet fragile entity.
波尔多，杭州，墨尔本。这三个词是法裔澳大利亚艺术家Christophe Stibio艺术创作中绕不开的三个关键词。1989-1993这四年在中国美术学院学习的经历使宣纸成为他绘画“ 题材意识”（subject matter）过程中甚为重要的一个主题。
Christophe Stibio以澳大利亚的自然风光中拂晓的时刻为起点，开创了一个充满美感与自由的空间。他经由中国传统哲学进入“虚实相生”的风景探索 — “雾” 。他的全新系列作品将我们沉浸在清晨朦胧的雾气之中，在转瞬即逝的瞬间，观察和揭示这片土地的无限维度和真实面貌。在这里新南威尔士州蒙哥湖畔的雾与陆羽（733-804，唐代）“静晨清寂的气氛”之间产生跨越时空的共鸣。
Event Detail/活动详情:
Date and Time/活动时间: Saturday, September 27, 2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location/活动地点: 5 BEDFORD ST, COLLINGWOOD, VIC, 3066 AUSTRALIA
Volunteer Hosts for the Language Tour/导览员: Pallaksch
Bilingual Design/双语设计: Caesar Li @caesarxinyuan
Chinese translation/中文翻译: Pallaksch @pallaksch.pallaksch
Secure your free registration now at/通过下面链接预约免费活动:
/christophe-stibio-true-mornings-never-real-with-ah-ah-ah-art?hxchl=hex-qrc&hxref=evt
Join us in the gallery with ah ah ah art! Chinese art club for insights into ACCA’s current exhibition Five Acts of Love in Mandarin Chinese. 诚挚的邀请您加入我们, 欣赏ACCA的最新展览Five Acts of Love的中文艺术导览，开始一次有趣、轻松而令人深思的艺术之旅！
The assembled works offer love as loss, and as conversations about grief and yearning. Love is also presented as memory and memorialisation. Resistance and revolution are reimagined through the earth and continued connection to it, whilst intimacy is presented within the gentleness of familial gatherings, and the company of comrades. Love is also present in the emotional register that tunes into the spiritual, and the complete letting go that encompasses love of the Divine.这次展览作品展现了爱是失去，是悲伤与渴望的对话。也展现了爱作为记忆和纪念的形式存在。抵抗和革命通过地球的持续连接得以被重新想象，而亲密则体现在家庭聚会的温柔和朋友的陪伴中。爱也流淌在精神感知的维度中，在神圣之爱的行为里完全放下自我，归于一种彻底的交托。
Reflecting upon the words of the great Muslim scholar and poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, to love is to risk everything.
正如伟大的波斯苏菲派诗人鲁米所言：爱，是一场孤注一掷的冒险。
Keen to learn more? Secure your free ticket soon and join us!
想了解更多展览内容吗？ 通过下面链接预约这次的免费活动吧！
Event Detail/活动详情:
Date and Time/活动时间: Saturday, August 16, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location/活动地点: 111 Sturt St, Southbank VIC 3006
Bilingual Design/双语设计: Caesar Li @caesarxinyuan
Volunteer Hosts for the Language Tour/导览员: Caesar Li, Pallaksch, Jenna Ji, Chenchen Wang
Chinese translation/中文翻译: Pallaksch @pallaksch.pallaksch
Secure your registration now at/通过下面链接预约活动:
https://acca.melbourne/program/five-acts-of-love-chinese-language-tour-with-ah-ah-ah-art/
