DIALOGUE PRESSINGS

DIALOGUE PRESSING ROOM

Adjusted studio timber partitions, adjusted studio table and chairs, stainless steel plate, pressed plasticine, acrylic cover.

Installation view, ‘Closer Together’ RMIT University Gallery, Melbourne, 2023.

‘dialogue room pressing’ is a participatory work, where Carolyn Eskdale has invited women to take part in six private conversations whilst engaging in the act of pressing.

Pressing 1: Carolyn Eskdale & Kris Coad

Pressing 2: Shiky CVhan and Tammy Woo-Hulbert

Pressing 3: Woo Kang and Kelly Ka Yan So

Pressing 4: Fran van Reimsdyk and Robin Kingston

Pressing 5: Laressa Kosloff and Pru Stevenson

Pressing 6: KLay Mei Ling Beadman and Sally Mannall

DIALOGUE COLUMN PRESSING

In-situ architectural column, pressed plasticine.

Installation view, ‘Closer Together’ RMIT University Gallery, Melbourne, 2023.

‘dialogue column pressing 06.23’ is a collaboration between Carolyn eskdale and eight art students. Eskdale uses the concept and practice of material pressing to intervene in the Gallery reception area. The work takes the form of plasticine that has been pressed onto an existing column behind the gllery’s reception desk.