Future Remains
Future Remains is an exhibition of furniture and objects made by seven women designer makers all working with the medium of wood, curated by Craft Victoria and shown at their gallery in Melbourne CBD during the height of Melbourne’s (sixth) strict lockdown*. It was a strange feeling walking alone through that exhibition to write this article. There was a feeling of coiled energy – demanding attention, but to an empty room. I will do my best to convey some of that sense as I walked through the space.
On arrival you are immediately greeted by Olive Gill-Hille’s breaking out of the defined gallery space into Craft’s retail area with an animal dynamism. WA-based, and originally trained as a sculptor before studying furniture design, Olive sculpts what she describes as ‘road kill timber’ –
