Join us to celebrate the launch of Metropolis, the final public artwork co-created by artist Rachel Shugg and RMIT student community.
Metropolis is the signature artwork of We Belong – Beyond accessibility art project, amplifying the lived experience of students who are d/Deaf, Disabled and living with disability.
The artwork is a 4.2m long textured fabric artwork sewn from the calico which previously lined the Sustainability Hub at RMIT's City Campus. Rachel is busy sewing the painted calico now and can't wait to share the final artwork with you.
Date: 18 February 2025
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Location: Sustainability Hub, Building 10, Level 4, Room 70, RMIT City Campus
P.S Don't worry! We'll get in touch beginning of February with more info. No spoons necessary🥄
*In response to suggestions by d/Deaf and Disabled students, this launch event will happen one week before HE Orientation 2025.
Over three weeks in July 2024, the room was covered in calico, and students left painted tracks behind as they navigated the space.
For d/Deaf and Disabled students, it was a space of "freedom". For the wider student community, it was a challenge to try and follow a map that did not reflect the room. Finally, performer Caitlin Dear explored time and brought the two stages together. Each stage of Metropolis is a playful contemplation of urban spaces - both in the present and future.
Metropolis will be installed on City Campus near Standing Room Cafe.
Metropolis is the signature artwork of We Belong – Beyond accessibility art project, amplifying the lived experience of students who are d/Deaf, Disabled and living with disability. It highlights stories and ideas that relate to students and their experiences of identity, visibility, allyship and belonging within RMIT University.
We Belong is Championed by 2024 RUSU Disability and Carers officer Samuel Coombs.
2023 RUSU Champions were Timothy Winning and Mark Morante.
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Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
