Grey Dear

Closing Event: A Library of Libraries 📘 We’re excited to bring together a final day of workshops, talks, live archiving, and drinks to mark the close of the exhibition. 
Swipe for the closing day program and see the full schedule on the Blindside website.

@fragment31 
@changecommons @nonalignedbooks 
@noreply_collective 
Curated by @grey.dear

Events This Week: A Library of Libraries📘
Week Two of our gallery activation continues.
 Join us for another series of readings, workshops, and events happening across the space. 
 Swipe for our weekday program, and stay tuned for closing event details. See the full schedule on the Blindside website. @silentarmyprojects 
@fragment31 
@elena.inkwell 
@zoe.bastin @melbartlibrary 
@molstar_roxy101 Curated by @grey.dear Book here for Reparative Reading _ workshop: 
/fragment31/reparativereading Book here for QTRG: .au/e/queer-theory-reading-group-tickets-1225759151619?aff=oddtdtcreator

Book here for Artist Syllabus: .au/e/artist-syllabus-w-darla-gabrielle-m-tejada-tickets-1985624607653?aff=oddtdtcreator

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This Saturday’s Events: A Library of Libraries📘 
Join us for a series of readings, workshops, and events taking place across the space. Swipe for details of Saturday’s events and stay tuned for next week’s program 👀 
 See the full schedule on the Blindside website. Events by: @lea.kylie.rose @estheranatolitis Gabrielle Tejada Curated by: @grey.dear Image credit: Process materials for novel Everything Before Gaia, documentation image by Elena Hogan, courtesy of the artist. @elena.inkwell

A Library of Libraries 📘 This March, Blindside will become a place of convergence for many of Narrm’s independent libraries, community collections, experimental archives & para-institutional researchers. Collections of books, historical artefacts, art works, everyday objects, embodied knowledge and more will be housed in the gallery, and made available for public browsing. Brought together, these existing bodies of knowledge will form a ‘A Library of Libraries’. There are many ways to experience the library. Come in to browse, and stay for as long as you like to read, rest, or work from the space. There will be comfortable seats and study tables available, whether you’re popping by or staying for the day. 📅11 March - 28 March Opening Event: Thurs 12 March, 6-8pm Curated by our Artistic Director: @grey.dear Contributors: @pagbasaarchive @s_a_l_u_h_a_n @datnuoclibrary @noreply_collective @changecommons @silentarmyprojects @archivingthepresent @betweeniaproject @roundtablereadings @ordinary.acts @dogstarzine @fragment31 @estheranatolitis @dolecheqkabana @saritaslaterprints @alma.sammel @emphaticallyem @non.binary.finery @molstar_roxy101 @elenafolio @chhrrr_lee @l___posting @karina.curates @ey.ey.ar.oh.en @lea.kylie.rose @niawhte @zoe.bastin @audax__audax Image Credit: Leisa Shelton-Campbell, Documentation Image from Reparative Reading, Courtesy of the artist.

💧🌀Sync Well is on now @ @dancehouse.melb I’ve had the pleasure of working with @gemmasattler + @_mollymckenzie as a dramaturg for this work. # It’s a captivating venture into the textures, tensions, tenderness and tenacity of wishing. A truly mesmerising work that you don’t want to miss!! 8pm Weds 18/2 - Sat 21/2 at Dancehouse 💫

📣EOIs are open for A Library of Libraries! During March, Blindside will serve as a gathering place for Narrm’s micro libraries, community collections & parainstitutional researchers. Submit an EOI if you’d like to collaborate with us to activate your collection within the gallery through displaying items, undertaking on-site research or hosting an event. We are interested to hear from independent libraries and reading groups, as well as people working with related research and artistic practices. Collections of all forms are welcome, including books, artworks, everyday objects, embodied knowledge, digital tools, and community memory. EOIs close on 11.59pm, Monday Feb 23. The form should take 5-15 mins to complete. 🔗Link in bio to apply

BRUNSWICK - join us on Feb 1st 🌟 Come join the SS community & build your practice with us! For a limited time, we’re offering a special 2 week intro offer: 5 classes for just $59 🔗 Link in bio to book! * new students only * book into classes from Feb 1 * 2 weeks starts from date of your first booking

WE’RE MOVING 🚐 After 3 years in Carlton, we’re bringing our signature barre, Pilates and somatics classes to Brunswick! The move means: ✨ new classes on the schedule ✨ more community events ✨ excellent temperature control & accessibility ✨ plus, everything you already know & love about Soft Studio Comment or dm us to 💥JOIN THE WAITLIST💥for the release of our intro offers!

🍅👌 this video montage of our first 'walking bee’ at @kingsartistrun , shot by @roundabouthere 😘 Part of a 𝐜𝐨-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦-𝐢𝐧𝐠 series of 'walking bees' in the KINGS video space. Last session coming up this Tuesday! We have made the gallery mobile by kitting out the KINGS Wheelie Bin with a video screen, powered by our car battery 🚙 Working offsite at the @vicmarket , this series explores composting as a method for collective curation. Drawing from the ethos of a community garden working bee, these sessions invite you into shared investigations. Each walking bee offers a different collective practice, including video making, embodied research, and writing. This video is a peek at the first walking bee, led by Emily Simek. Using a DIY approach, we explored composting as a methodology for video making, co-producing a video work onsite at the @vicmarket , which we then screened at the skip bin (watch to end of video for set-up 😅) 👉 Join the final walking bee • 10am – 12pm, Tuesday 9th December – led by Joy Zhou Meet at KINGS ARI ahead of the start time for a collective walk to the Queen Victoria Market, before returning to the gallery to continue the session. --- 🪱 co-worm-ing is an interspecies practice between three humans — Grey (nee Caitlin) Dear, Emily Simek, Joy Zhou — and a mobile worm farm, who meet weekly to compost and share space. This process-led collaboration has emerged through various site-responsive and participatory formats, informed by composting methodologies, as well as each person’s independent practice, spanning community gardening, choreography, and spatial programming.

🪱⚠️ The co-worm-ing ‘walking bee’ scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday 2 December, has been cancelled due to weather. The next and final session will be Tuesday 9 December 10am-12pm. ——————— ① & ③ ': as listening', 2025 KINGS Emerging Curators Program cohort @joyzhou945 @grey.dear @emily_simek @hina_omukai #DashaTan ② 'call-forwarding', Fiona Macdonald @fm_highlands ——————— 📷: ① & ③ ': as listening', 2025 KINGS Emerging Curators Program cohort Photo: @sebastiankainey [ID]: A yellow-top council bin is positioned neatly square in front of a TV monitor mounted to the wall. The TV displays red and green plant matter with a grey and brown background. ——————— 🍹Drinks kindly sponsored by @heapsnormal and @littlebrunswickwineco @cityofmelbourne @whatsonmelb In 2025 the KINGS Emerging Curators Program has been done in warmth and partnership with @hyphenated_projects @honours_art_vca @latrobe_ai @georgepatongallery 🩷

STOP your scroll & let’s take a deep breath 🩶 ☁️ 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 ☁️ 2 - 4𝘱𝘮, 𝘚𝘶𝘯 30 𝘕𝘰𝘷 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤: ☁️ Luxurious 90 minute class full of somatic practices to guide you into a state of deep rest and release ☁️ Discussion on how to integrate somatics for nervous system regulation into your daily life ☁️ Plus, enjoy complimentary afternoon tea to connect with the Soft Community 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩: $65 Full Price $45 for Weekly Members 30% off for Mob We keep our sessions intimate with limited spots Book now through link in bio ⛓ Can’t wait to practice with you 🤍 Image description: Grey is filming themselves in a brown tank top and brown cap. They’re sitting in an empty studio, speaking to the camera with a warm smile.

💮 NEW EXHIBITIONS OPEN THIS WEEK💮 We're so excited to be closing out the year with @fm_highlands and some of the curators our sweetest ECP cohort, come celebrate with us this weekend! Please note KINGS has ✨amended trading hours✨ this week. We will be open: 12 - 4pm Thurs 20th Nov 12 - 5pm Fri 21st Nov 1 - 5pm Sat & Sun 22nd-23rd Nov OPENING CELEBRATIONS Saturday 22nd November 4 - 6pm 🍷 Exhibitions run Thursday 20th November - Sunday 14th December ——————— ① & ③ ': as listening', 2025 KINGS Emerging Curators Program cohort @joyzhou945 @grey.dear @emily_simek @hina_omukai #DashaTan ② 'call-forwarding', Fiona Macdonald @fm_highlands ——————— 📷: @hima_omukai [ID]: a brown and yellow vase (almost in the shape of a cut oval), with what appears to be red grass growing out of the top and green fruit, encircled by long, thin branches. ——————— 🍻Drinks kindly sponsored by @heapsnormal and @littlebrunswickwineco @cityofmelbourne @whatsonmelb