DAY 62: SPRING EVENING

62. 31 AUG 14

Mr frost is no-

where to be seen, while the leaves

quiver back to life.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 61: THAI TIME

61. 30 AUG 14

Out on the town for

an evening for a friend

while bed calls me home.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 60: WESTGARTH

60. 29 AUG 14

The signal tolls and

we pause for a moment as

the train rushes by.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 59: SO DOMESTIC

59. 28 AUG 14

It is quiet in my

inner suburban backyard,

and I like the pause.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 58: KELVINS...AGAIN

58. 27 AUG 14

Is this it? All there

is? A series of moments

this banal that's life?

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 57: WORK 8.27pm

57. 26 AUG 14

Here I sit, working

and keeping things moving when

I should be elsewhere.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 56: BEER GARDEN

56. 25 AUG 14

It is a place to 

see friends and catch up on day-

to-day life matters.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 55: RUSS' PLACE

55. 24 AUG 14

Time for family

to spend time together and

reminisce on life.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 54: K-MOO

54. 23 AUG 14

He sits and waits

for the right time to scurry

under the clean sheets.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 53: EVENING AIR

 53. 22 AUG 14

Stepping out from my

cupboard I see the sky and

breathe in very deeply.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 52: SPRING LOOMING

52. 21 AUG 14

She crept up really,

out of the darkness to take

back the days from him.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 51: FAMILY

51. 20 AUG 14

A rare moment where

we are all in the one place  

at the one time - freeze.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 50: APA

50. 19 AUG 14

It takes six degrees

of separation to lead

to Kevin Bacon.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 49: NAN

49. 18 AUG 14

It is her hands I

remember most - of all the

things, they come to mind.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 48: DONE

48. 17 AUG 14

It's over for two years

and it pushed us further than

other years really had.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 47: GERTRUDE ST

47. 16 AUG 14

The ladies out on

the town for the first time since

Hotham New Year's Eve.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin

DAY 46: BETWEEN MELBOURNE MUSEUM & EXHIBITION BUILDING

46. 15 AUG 14

Between one display

space and another, we can't

move - our feet are stuck.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. 

The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. 

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic representations, starting with digital (moving/still) documentation of my locale that will inform new and tangible, contemporary art jewellery. This daily digital archiving forms part of the research as well as acts as the foundation of the project.

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will be exhibited at Gray Street Workshop gallery in early 2015. More details about the exhibition will be released closer to the date.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments

Created & curated by Sim Luttin

© 2014 Sim Luttin