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As the weather cools down, settle in and catch up on what’s happening at invisible art space and related events/projects…

NOW ::: May 2026 @ invisible art space

06-30 May 2026 ::: Linda Loh (Melbourne) studio residency and Quiver exhibition.

Linda is in town creating an art work during her studio residency until 15th, then her Quiver exhibition opens on Saturday 16th and runs until 30th, with the gallery open 16, 17, 23, 24 and 30 May, 12-3pm.

You’re invited to the Quiver opening event on 16 May, 12-3pm. Please come along and make Linda welcome and see her new video installation!

Linda Loh. Quiver installation (work in progress). 2026. Image supplied by artist.

Biography

Linda Loh is an Australian visual artist based in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia.

Her multimedia works navigate the elusive form and materiality of digital space with transformed sources of light.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT University, Australia, and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York City.

The Dark Room returns with another two carefully curated live electronic acts, featuring ORGANARCHY & LUKESNARL in an exclusive venue for a special May Day Edition.

ORGANARCHY has been active since 1996 as a collective of cut-and-paste technoids dedicated to crafting politically charged soundscapes at community parties & underground gatherings. Their rig is a mash up of analogue & digital hardware, the sound a live fusion of samples & machine grooves. Members of the band previously played in Non Bossy Posse as rebel rousing rave-olutionary techno anarchists in the early 90s. The recordings remain anticopyright freeware, designed for amplification at events that push for a better future.

Since the early 90s LUKESNARL has probably been better known as the FX part of the "Decks'n'FX" duo Sub Bass Snarl, using samplers, effects units, synths & other hardware to augment the group's sonic output, making it more of a sound system than deejay duo. The last decade has seen him delve into the esoteric world of modular synthesisers, wielding cables & flexing the extreme possibilities of the format to replace most of the equipment used in his previous Sub Bass Snarl outings. More recently he has been developing custom setups for performing solo electronic sets of original electronic music & tonight he performs in a rare live appearance.

There will be substantial rigs at this event with a lot of patch cables for nerds to ogle. Please stand back when taking photos. In support, DJs Minim & Action Ant will kick off at 6pm.

DJ MINIM has formerly played under the name DJ Ding for over three decades at events such as The Big Day Out, Natural Experience, Freaky Loops, the Liquid Labyrinth bush doofs & lots of epic rave parties back in the 90s. He has worked with Clan Analogue since 1992. Expect a set of downbeat techno with dance-inspiring shuffles.

ACTION ANT has been DJing, performing at & organising events since 1985, covering underground music from Electronic Dance through to 80s Synth & PostPunk. They will present a selection of electronic tunes including Japanese electro, dubtronica & DnB.

Previous events sold out quickly & well in advance, strictly limited capacity, book early!
LIMITED TIX!! $28 prebook

Doors from 5pm, DJs from 6pm, live acts from 8pm. Get there early to grab food locally & feel free to bring it to the venue with you. Great pizza next door & outdoor tables available.

-- via Butchers Brew Bar and Swimming Echidna's Facebook event

Excited to have Linda Loh (Mel) at invisibleart.space in May for a studio residency + exhibition!

Multi-screen digital and immersive art installation

Exhibition opening event 16 May ::: 12-3pm in Balmain (SYD)

Gallery exhibition open 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 May ::: 12-3pm

We would love to see you there! Spread the word

@__lindaloh__
https://lindaloh.com

invisible art space ::: 141/2-18 Buchanan St, Balmain, Sydney

After a long summer break, invisible art space is back with more great events and exhibitions planned for 2026. We hope you’re enjoying a relaxing long weekend and not stressing too much about the current state of the world.

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January - March 2026

In January and March, we had a couple of [In]Visible Synth Sessions improv music afternoons with ATMM, Spoid, Zita and her theremin plus special guests: Coco Varma, Stuart Ridley and Glenn O’Loughlin at our Southern Highlands Garden Party and Justin Tauber (Golden Fang, The Sins, Jo Meares Band) at the Balmain gallery space. So far these sets have been low-key/IYKYK, but keep an eye out for their public gigs soon…

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April 2026

Coming up this Saturday 11th April two films by Andrew Garton (Secession Films) are being screened: "Know Me" and "Forged From Fire".

Please join us from 1-3pm at invisible art space to view these special films -> 141/2-18 Buchanan St, Balmain

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Saturday 11th April two films by Andrew Garton (Secession Films) are being screened: "Know Me" and "Forged From Fire"

Please join us from 1-3pm at invisible art space to view these special films -> 141/2-18 Buchanan St, Balmain

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"Know Me" is a poetic realism style film showing the interconnections between the forests of Sarawak and some of the Indigenous peoples living there, as well as the impacts of biomass loss over time. The film weaves 1955-1963 8mm footage filmed by British WW2 veteran and linguist, Ian Urquhart with Andrew Garton's DV8, HDV and HD footage filmed between 1999-2014, along with time-lapse animations by artist, Mirranda Burton. It's a unique glimpse at a special place and culture at risk of further loss.

https://secessionfilms.com/project/knowme
https://www.andrewgarton.com

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"Forged From Fire - The Making of The Blacksmiths' Tree" tells the story of the Australian and international community of blacksmiths, artists, welders and volunteers working together following the tragic and traumatic 2009 Black Saturday bush fires to create The Blacksmiths' Tree, a three tonne, 9.8 meter tall gum tree made from copper and stainless steel. The film shows that beauty can come from resilient and connected communities during the recovery period following an horrific event such as this.

https://www.forgedfromfirefilm.com

Thanks to all the artists, visitors and supporters for a wonderful 2025 at invisibleart.space (ias)!

Since opening in June 2025:

- we've held 8 exhibitions (6 at Balmain, 1 at The ARI Show art fair, 1 at the Southern Highlands Arts Trail)

- the ias exhibitions were a mix of curated group shows, solo shows, an end of residency show, art fair & arts trail shows

- ias featured artists from various locations: UK/USA, New Zealand, Sydney (Inner West & Western Suburbs), NSW regional areas: Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and the Central Coast

- shown a variety of works, methods, materialities & themes to showcase works on screen & works on paper, the conversations between the various themes plus the numerous ways digital / immaterial art can be brought into the material / physical world: digital / immaterial works on screen, paintings, living sculpture, installation, digital projection, screen printing, digital prints, photographic techniques, hand-programmed code based works, plotter prints, video based works

- hosted 2 [In]Visible Synth Sessions -> synth music jams

Thanks to all our artists shown this year!!

Celadoor, Angharad Evans, Mark Facchin, Beata Geyer, [In]Visible Synth Sessions, Neil Jenkins, Laurence Kimmel, Keorattana Luangrathrajasombat, Victoria Lobregat, Kath O'Donnell, Stu Sontier, Anke Stäcker, Shelley Watters
(alpha order)

We wish you all a happy new year and creative 2026!

In 2026, we have many projects and exhibitions being planned, and also work towards the space becoming sustainable going forwards. We hope you will come along for the ride

--kath from invisibleart.space

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DECEMBER

06-20 December 2025 ::: works on screen and prints from Mark Facchin.

Mark Facchin is an artist, designer and animator working with digital methods and materials to augment and investigate drawing and painting processes. He was a finalist in the North Sydney Art Prize (2015,17,19 & 22), was shown in the 2018 Head On Screens (Paddington) and recently exhibited Articulate Project Space (Leichhardt).

Both works on screen and works on paper will be displayed at The Augmented Canvas exhibition at invisibleart.space, showing anthropomorphic forms, noise patterns, virtual tracings and simulations of physics' properties, such as wind and flow fields via virtual brush strokes.

You're invited to the opening event on Saturday 06 December 2025, 1-3pm.

The exhibition runs 06-20 December (sat+sun ::: 12-3pm) at invisibleart.space, 141/2-18 Buchanan St, Balmain.

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Mark Facchin is an artist, designer and animator working with digital methods and materials to augment and investigate drawing and painting processes. He was a finalist in the North Sydney Art Prize (2015,17,19 & 22), was shown in the 2018 Head On Screens (Paddington) and recently exhibited Articulate Project Space (Leichhardt).

Both works on screen and works on paper will be displayed at The Augmented Canvas exhibition at invisible art space, showing anthropomorphic forms, noise patterns, virtual tracings and simulations of physics' properties, such as wind and flow fields via virtual brush strokes.

You're invited to the opening event on Saturday 06 December 2025, 1-3pm.

The exhibition runs 06-20 December (sat+sun ::: 12-3pm) at invisibleart.space, 141/2-18 Buchanan St, Balmain.

photographer credit: Mark Facchin

September-November is a great time to get out and about to see art in Sydney and enjoy this springtime weather

::: upcoming exhibitions :::

SEPTEMBER

02-18 sept (tues-thurs 11am-3pm) ::: The ARI Show @ Muse Gallery, Tafe Ultimo. A collection of ARIs are exhibiting at this art fair, including: 4th wall, Articulate Project Space, Tiny Gallery, Draw Space / The Drawing Collective, Lennox Street Art Studios, Our Neon Foe, Daisy Knight and Invisible Art Space (us!)***

12 sept (fri 6-8pm) ::: After Hours event for The ARI Show @ Muse Gallery, Ultimo. Come along to the evening gathering, being held during Sydney Contemporary week. tickets are free - available here

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Agitate/d

Angharad Evans, Beata Geyer, Billy Gruner, Chris Packer, Gary Deirmendjian, Ian Milliss, Isobel Johnston, Juliet Fowler Smith & Noelene Lucas – WRVAP, Kath O'Donnell, M Bozzec, Paraskevy Begetis, Pia Larsen, Sarah Keighery, Susan Andrews, Tom Loveday
Curated by Lizzy Marshall

Articulate Project Space | Downstairs | Opens on May 3 until May 25 | Fri, Sat & Sun

Agitate/d responds to the frustrations and the inability to communicate the manifestations of change occurring.

Responding to the shifting world order and accruing frustrations in our daily lives, Agitate/d presents artworks that communicate across suppression and censorship, or articulate the incomprehensible. Drawing on the Suprematists’ and Constructivists’ drive for a universal system of language that was inclusive, the exhibition showcases works that utilise laconic and subversive visual strategies of communicating.

Through the graphic, geometric, colour, typographic, and semaphore, the artists show us that they are agitated, communicating what is causing their agitation or creating newly responsive agitprop. Agitation is action.

https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/project/25-05-D