Experimenta Playground

Melbourne will be the first city in Australia to display Baby Love, a large public artwork comprising giant coloured teacups that remix lovesongs. Visitors will have the chance to not just view the work but experience it, literally, by riding in the teacups beside giant cloned plastic babies. The artwork is the fantastic creation of Taiwan-born artist, Shu Lea Cheang who will be in Melbourne for the opening of the exhibition on Friday 24 August and will talk as part of a series of free artist talks on Sunday 26 August at 2pm.

Another guest of the exhibition is Keiji Takeuchi. He is one of the artists from Japan who have created Emergency Exit, an artwork that will make you see the ubiquitous signs that surround us in a completely new way.

Experimenta gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Australia China Council for making it possible to bring Baby Love to Melbourne.

Experimenta is also grateful to the Japan Foundation for its financial support in helping us bring Emergency Exit to Melbourne.

Experimenta Playground: International Biennial of Media Arts 25 August to 23 September the Arts Centre, BlackBox, Melbourne

From 16 July check our website for more information: www.experimenta.org