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The Lonely Archive: Kayla Mattes and Patrick Pound in conversation with Myles Russell-Cook

Sat 4 Jul
11:30am

Image 1: Kayla Mattes, detail of ACCA Commission in progress for Are you lonely tonight? I’m so lonesome I could cry., 2026, handwoven cotton, wool (hand-dyed), mohair, acrylic, faux fur, silk and polyester.

Supported in part by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

Commissioned by Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2026. Courtesy the artist. Image 2: Patrick Pound, detail of ACCA Commission in progress, Museum of loneliness 2026, for Are you lonely tonight? I’m so lonesome I could cry., 2026, found objects, dimensions variable. Commissioned by Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2026. Courtesy the artist
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11:30am-12:30pm

To kick-start the opening weekend celebrations of Are you lonely tonight? I’m so lonesome I could cry., please join artists Kayla Mattes and Patrick Pound in conversation with Myles Russell-Cook, Artistic Director & CEO at ACCA.

The discussion will focus on themes relating to Kayla and Patrick’s new commissions for the show. Collecting and working with digital and physical materials, respectively, the artists will share their unique approaches to making new work out of archives.

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Are you lonely tonight? I’m so lonesome I could cry.

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