Saluhan Collective

Archival aesthetics is a group exhibition curated by Saluhan Collective featuring the work of Filipinx artists Aida Azin, Catherine Ortega-Sandow, Cinema Bahala Na, Jenn Ferguson, June Miskell, Kenneth Suico, MJ Flamiano,  Ranima Montes, Skye Newton, Theresa Angela and BIPOC community living and working in Naarm.

Underpinned by a post-diasporic approach to exhibition-making—Archival aesthetics is informed by Filipinx identity and nostalgia, but seeks to push back against prescribed notions of authenticity and belonging often attributed to our practice. Showing the works of contemporary artists working in video, painting, installation, sound and printmaking, the exhibition takes place throughout Seventh Gallery and includes a new collaborative installation with contributions from Saluhan’s growing community.

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Workshop #1: Saturday, 9 September, 11am, Seventh Gallery.

Workshop #2: Saturday, 16 September, 11am, Seventh Gallery.

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life 

Contribute to the installation by working with bamboo, beading and clay to create new sculptures. 

Open to BIPOC of all ages and experience.

Free, EOI form HERE.

About Saluhan Collective (est. 2019)

Founded in 2019 by Aida Azin and now led by Catherine Ortega-Sandow and MJ Flamiano, Saluhan is a Filipinx/o artist collective based in Naarm. Saluhan was created to establish a network between creatives in Australia and the Philippines and has since expanded to include collaborative projects that combine arts and community development. Their practice is underpinned by notions of kinship, reciprocity, and the desire to create spaces that interweave artistry and community.

Saluhan has previously facilitated Saluhan: A Filipino Community Arts Event (2019) for makers, artists, musicians, and local community in Melbourne, Adelaide and Quezon City (PH); Dialekto (2022) a series of artist-led workshops at Siteworks; Silog Project (2023), cooking and printmaking workshops at Bridge Darebin; Radical Hospitality: Kain Na Tayo! (2023) in collaboration with Next Wave; and A Taste of Home (2023), zine-making workshops led by Stephanie Ochona as part of NGV’s Melbourne Art Book Fair satellite program. 

Most recently, they launched Pagbasa Archive, an experimental archive of contemporary Filipino art, design, texts, sound, performance and video in Naarm/Melbourne, currently based at SEVENTH Gallery.