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love in abundance & decay
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Poetry Sydney presents an annual poetry program, Vessels of Love, over Valentine's Day week, 8-14 February 2026. Curated by The Salons, this year's theme is love in abundance and decay.
The exhibition comprises of over 50 miniature stills prints of the seven films produced by The Salons. Moving through gothic folktale, autobiography, eco-poetics, found poetry, magical realism, body horror and absurdism, Vessels of Love 2026 channels worlds where love sustains and destroys, feeds on itself, and creates its own environment. The 2026 iteration features seven Australian artists: Faye Couros, Willo Drummond, Martin Edmond, Ethan Price (Ester McDonald), Pooja Mittal Biswas, Michele Seminara, and through the guardianship of Lenore Bassan, Minnie Agnes Filson (1898-1971).
Darlington Installation Project [DIP] 30 Golden Grove Street, Darlington, Sydney NSW 2008 Australia. DIP is a window gallery and accessible to view from the street.
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