Published on: 1 June, 2023

Documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang is widely considered a pioneer of modern Chinese independent film. He launched The Memory Project with the aim to collect oral histories from survivors of the Great Famine, which devastated rural China between 1958 to 1961. Home to this immense project is Caochangdi Workstation, Wu’s studio in suburban Beijing. Over 150 young filmmakers have participated, visiting 246 villages in 20 provinces, and interviewing more than 1100 elderly villagers. Personal accounts and fading memories of the Cultural Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, and the Four Cleanups Movement are preserved – ensuring that these stories are not forgotten.

The Folk Memory Project website is now live! Click on the link: https://thefolkmemoryproject.org/

Published on: 15 May, 2023

Giddy Up!

From Sunday 14th May, the White Rabbit Gallery will be closed until late June as we install our next exhibition, I AM THE PEOPLE.

Stay tuned… more details coming shortly.

Hailun Ma 马海伦, Xinjiang Cowboys 1, 2019, inkjet print, 120 x 80cm

Published on: 14 April, 2023

Last Day: Sunday 14 May 2023 

Visit us soon, before we close the books on Shuo Shu 说书 (Storytelling).

The 29 artists in Shuo Shu 说书 map the evolution of the story from timeless myths and literary romances to political propaganda and modern-day censorship. Artists become shapeshifters, and their stories twist and turn to fit within codes and secret messages. Whilst a closed mind is like a closed book, stories reveal themselves to those who are open.

Curated by David Williams
17 December 2022 – 14 May 2023
Wednesday – Sunday 10am-5pm
Free Entry 

Published on: 8 April, 2023

Produced in collaboration with The Centre for Contemporary Photography, a selection of key photographic and film works from the White Rabbit Gallery’s collection will be exhibited at the Centre for Contemporary Photography  between 21 April – 9 July 2023.

From sweet early romance, to shattering revelations of infidelity, to the overwhelming passion for a boyband, the artists in ‘I Loved You’ use a range of photographic and video techniques to capture and convey personal moments representative of love, memory, fantasy and connection.

Click here for more information. 

Image Credit: Yang Fudong, Ms Huang at M last Night 2, 2006, black and white Lambda digital print, 120 x 180 cm

Published on: 3 April, 2023

Good Friday – 7 April: Closed
Easter Saturday – 8 April: Open 10am-5pm
Easter Sunday – 9 April: Open 10am-5pm
Easter Monday – 10 April: Closed

Image Credit: Li Rui 李锐, Nest 28, 2009, oil on canvas, 100 x 220cm

Published on: 25 March, 2023

Zhang Ji
Secretary of Pineal Gland Recovering, 2022
440 x 400 cm (quadriptych)
Acrylic on canvas

Published on: 16 March, 2023

Powerhouse Late: Pixy Liao is a special night curated by international multidisciplinary Chinese artist, Pixy Liao.

The evening will highlight Liao’s career influences through film, display her long-term photography project Experimental Relationship, and feature a curated selection of White Rabbit Gallery moving images.

FREE event as part of Powerhouse Late. Registrations recommended: Click here.
13 April 2023, 5–9pm

Image Credit: Pixy Liao, Things We Talk About, 2013.

Published on: 8 March, 2023

Celebrating the power and achievements of women around the world on International Women’s Day!

White Rabbit Gallery founder and director, Dr Judith Neilson AM, is a patron, adviser and benefactor to a diverse range of charities in Australia and around the world. Judith supports a number of causes targeting slavery, homelessness, children’s health, affordable housing, climate change and food scarcity along with a long-standing interest in architecture and design. Judith feels that the opportunity to work within these areas will provide a powerful force for change in the lives of vulnerable people around the world.

To view the causes Judith supports, please click here.

Photography: Felix Forest / Forbes 2022