CURRENT

How do we imagine the things we can’t see? ‘can you hear me? is a sculptural installation and deep-sea opera. The work explores the internet’s physical and power-laden infrastructure – one that runs on the bottom of the ocean floor as a huge network of submarine tubes and cables, following currents of an embodied and obfuscated history. The installation is a collection of washed ashore parts and pieces of the internet's undersea cable infrastructure, its histories, imaginings, organic and non-organic formations.  The artist has combed imaginary beaches like a jutter  (/ˈjʏtər/, Dutch: someone who combs beaches for objects, preserving treasures from other worlds), translating this world into a constellation of ceramic, metal, PVC and found-object sculptures. Their forms imagining deep sea, digital infrastructures, and fragments of a network and intimate digital connections usually unseen. From the installation emerges an operatic monodrama, composed and built on a bed of found-sounds from internet cable landing site ‘Floreat beach’ in Boorloo/Perth. A data-mermaid sings, and reaches out through currents of questions, and reflections on power structures and imagination, whilst searching for connection.’ Some snippets from the opera libretto: Are you there? Can you hear me? Internet, connection, imagined. New tech built on old worlds and older infrastructures. Connecting continents, waves and wires, node to node. Covering the globe Port to port, sea to sea. Are you still there? Can you still hear me? I am rust, pressed into salt Sand to silicone building new empires on the routes of the old Cast their shadows, playing god on their pixelated thrones With colonizers violent precision, a place to rest your code. This data once sailed This data once sailed. Here a very late post with piccies off my work at CURRENT gallery as part of the Fremantle Biennale. Listen to the deep sea opera and read my essay on in the internet and imagination by following the link in bio to my website. 🌊💕

It's that time of the year - workshops in WA are happening in July. This year we've teamed up with @current.gallery to offer a masterclass, a book binding workshop and a one on one. Three workshops, open to all visual artists and people with all levels of experience We're also participating in other events in July in WA to be announced soon Book on our website now

CURRENT is open this weekend with ‘Forms of attention’ by @graesenjoyce and @hcmajewski 12-4pm Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April

REMINDER: Applications due this Sunday 19th April! OPEN CALL FOR SHOW: EXHIBITION OR PROJECT 2026 We are very excited to invite proposals from all creative practitioners for three paid ‘Show: Exhibition or Project’ opportunities in October/November/December 2026. The programme for Show: Exhibition or Project aims to encourage artists and contemporary practitioners to take risks with their practice and engage with local audiences in the presentation of their creative work. We invite artists, curators and collaborators from all creative disciplines to apply for this programme. We support applicants to present creative work that is experimental, investigative, extends existing art practices and engages with contemporary artistic discourse. These paid opportunities are the backbone of our programming. CURRENT recognises the time, intellect, labour and skill that an artist/creative/curator expends in creating works and making them available to the public. We hope to lead by example, paying artists for their contribution to society and create the change we wish to see. We wish that these programmes can lead to debate and dialogue around contemporary practice and its future. Applications open Monday 9th of March 2026 Applications close midnight Sunday 19th of April 2026 For full details and to apply, visit our website linked in bio!

A great opening for emerging artist, @freya.t.hall ’s recent painting exhibition at CURRENT!

Forms of attention, drawings by Helen Majewski (Boorloo/Perth) and Graesen Joyce (St Louis, USA) Drawings from different worlds: soft, quiet and intimate… bold, wild and desperate Transient experiences of time and space are transformed. Forms hold their attention, and in turn their attention is turned into form Current Gallery at The Naval Store, 141 Queen Victoria St, Walyalup/Fremantle OPENING Thursday 16 April, 6-9pm OPENING HOURS Friday 17th - Sunday 19th April, 12-4pm GETTING THERE Entry from Queen Vic St, parking on Tuckfield St, bus stop on Queen Vic St @current.gallery @graesenjoyce @hcmajewski

Last week CURRENT hosted Naarm-based alt-folk band @kisses5eva for a short music writing residency, here are a few cute snaps from their week in the space! CURRENT is still available for workshops, short residencies and creative projects throughout the year- see our ‘Provides Space’ program on our website or send us an email with you idea!

Pressure can cause debilitating and overwhelming stress or lead to hyperfocus and spectacular performance. Over the past year, I have been exploring how to harness pressure to enhance art making. The results of this process will be on display at CURRENT this Easter long weekend: a series of energetic, gestural oil portraits. I would love to see you there. Details below x WHERE CURRENT @ Naval Store, 141 Queen Victoria St, Fremantle OPENING NIGHT 2 April 2026, 6-9pm Refreshments provided OPENING HOURS Exhibition open Friday 3rd - Monday 6th April, 10am - 4pm Photo by @jenjunemoon Design by @barterers_brood

OPEN CALL FOR SHOW: EXHIBITION OR PROJECT 2026 We are very excited to invite proposals from all creative practitioners for three paid ‘Show: Exhibition or Project’ opportunities in October/November/December 2026. The programme for Show: Exhibition or Project aims to encourage artists and contemporary practitioners to take risks with their practice and engage with local audiences in the presentation of their creative work. We invite artists, curators and collaborators from all creative disciplines to apply for this programme. We support applicants to present creative work that is experimental, investigative, extends existing art practices and engages with contemporary artistic discourse. These paid opportunities are the backbone of our programming. CURRENT recognises the time, intellect, labour and skill that an artist/creative/curator expends in creating works and making them available to the public. We hope to lead by example, paying artists for their contribution to society and create the change we wish to see. We wish that these programmes can lead to debate and dialogue around contemporary practice and its future. Applications open Monday 9th of March 2026 Applications close midnight Sunday 19th of April 2026 For full details and to apply, visit our website linked in bio!

Thanks to everyone who came down for last night’s opening of Artists of the Naval Store Summer Show! Featuring the work of 12 studio tenants of @thenavalstore , this exhibition is a celebration of our local emerging artistic community. A special thank you to @freya.t.hall for leading this project. The gallery is open 9th-11th Jan, 11am-4pm ☀️ Photography: Freya Hall

Hey! You’re invited to the first group show by the artists of the Naval Store Studios. At this show, twelve local artists present new or previously unexhibited work, offering a glimpse into the practices and ideas emerging in Fremantle’s art scene. 🌅 Opening Night Sundowner Thu 8 Jan, 6–9pm Free entry · BYO drinks · Laid-back and open to all Rsvp link in bio 🖼 Exhibition Days Fri 9 Jan to Sun 11 Jan, 11am–4pm Wander the space, meet the artists, enjoy the work 🐙 Where CURRENT @current.gallery - the gallery housed in the former substation of the Naval Store, located at 141 Queen Victoria st, Fremantle, WA 🚗 Parking There is free parking on Tuckfield St, next to Tuckfield Park. Follow the steps down to the Naval Store. ♿️ Accessibility CURRENT is fully accessible. The gallery is on ground level, with two ACROD bays on Tuckfield St and ramp access to the Canning Hwy entrance. An accessible public toilet is available at the front of the Naval Store building. 🎨 Contributing Artists BILLIE SEAMAN BRIGHDE SILVER O’HARA CASS JONES DAVID WROTH FREYA HALL JAMES NILSON JORDAN RUSH LIESBETH GOEDHART MONIQUE NASH ROBIN TEO SARAH WILLOW TAPEMIND

Our final exhibition for 2025– ‘ I crossed my fanny flaps, for you believe in me’ new paintings by Neisha Phipps @neish.p CURRENT is open 11-4pm today!