Gallery 2
Class S2
Kate Coyne; Sehej Kaur x Kaylee Rankin; emoeba h♡rtbridge; Bonnie Huang; Keesha Catherine Field.
Roomsheet
Have you ever created a heart using the letter 'S' and the number '2'? These hearts were once typed into MSN Messenger statuses, engraved onto school desks and etched into bus windows. A casual exchange of intimacy and affection, the S2 heart is a reminder of how easily something meaningful can be brought into being through playful making.
Led by exhibiting artist Kate Coyne alongside Bonnie Huang, Sehej Kaur Sehmbhi, Kaylee Rankin, emoeba h♡rtbridge and Keesha Catherine Field in tune with exhibiting artists Ellen Dahl, Emma Pinsent, Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria, Ali Noble and Kate Coyne, these programs will invite visitors to turn the needle inwards to (re)discover ways of being and learning through playful interaction with textiles and found objects.
Folding an origami box to hold paper clips, collecting a leaf for your diary, or making a card for a loved one are all opportunities to create physical records of the textures of the world and document memories, including ancestral or cultural knowledge and customs. Firstdraft’s pop-up classroom, Class S2, calls for you to tap into your child-like self with the materials, knowledge and memories collected and experienced by who you are today, making objects in experimental and hopeful ways.
