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"The artist and designer Callum Preston has shared a studio with the street
artist Tyrone Wright, better known as Rone, for the past five years. This
weekend the duo will allow members of the public inside their working space as
part of Melbourne’s annual Open House program.
Preston jokes that even some local residents, unaware of who their neighbours
are, may wander over.
“I don’t think a lot of people upstairs even know that there’s artist studios
down here,” he says. “It just looks like it could be an office or something.”
The studio is the kind of hidden gem Open House specialises in. Since 2008 the
event has given the public a peek inside secret corners and oft-unseen spaces
around Melbourne. While the program tends to focus heavily on architecture, the
frisson of excitement for the public is in seeing doors that are usually closed
to them open, and the feeling of uncovering treasures concealed in plain sight.
Across the three days, Wright and Preston will introduce their studio to
visitors and roam alongside them. In-progress artworks and the pair’s personal
art archives dating back 20 years will be on display. The studio will also
feature props used in Rone’s installations, including 8,000 books nestled
inside each other like babushka dolls alongside TVs playing video works."
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