Library showcases how craft advances science

Combining contemporary commissions with a historic collection, State Library Victoria rethinks the intersections between craft and science.

Rarely do we think that craft and science intersect – most of the time they are seen on opposite sides of the spectrum. But a recent exhibition at State Library Victoria opens up a different narrative where craft plays an equally significant role in teaching us about the world, from the natural to the astronomical.

I always believed my twin worlds of knitting and technology [art and science] are not mutually exclusive and are two parts of the whole

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_