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PLAY with Long Prawn
Wyndham Art Gallery
Fri
13
Fri 13 Nov 6:30 PM
Wyndham Art Gallery
General Admission
120 Mins
November
Join an evening at Wyndham Art Gallery as we explore themes of PLAY over food and conversation with friends Long Prawn.
PLAY and Swamp Monsters artists Nicholas Selenitsch and Vipoo Srivilasa along with curators Olivia Poloni and Nicola Bryant will offer a series of prompts throughout the evening to encourage discussion and gain a deeper understanding of artists use of play in art. Over the course of a meal, participants, artists and curators will contemplate, eat and connect.
About PLAY and Swamp Monsters
The exhibition PLAY explores how contemporary artists use playfulness, humour, and the language of games to approach subjects that are often difficult, divisive, or emotionally charged. The exhibition proposes that play is not a retreat from seriousness, but a strategy for engaging with it; a way to disarm, reimagine, and reconnect. Curated as part of PLAY at Wyndham Art Gallery, Swamp Monsters is a joyful call to care for and protect our local wetlands. Created for kids by Vipoo Srivilasa, Swamp Monsters invites you to transform into a wetland creature. Choose your costume, then make your own Swamp Monster mask to complete your transformation. What kind of swamp monster will you be? Curated By Nicola Bryant.
Exhibition dates: 31 October – 24 January 2027
Opening hours: Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm and Saturday & Sunday 10am - 3pm
What to expect
Given the experimental and site-specific nature of this event, not all items included in the menu can accommodate for dietaries. There will be options for all dietaries to enjoy but please note we are unable to make adjustments in every case. The menu will focus on future forward and highly sustainable sources of food and protein. This may include animal products and lab grown meat, all with the future of sustainable food systems in mind.
Please include any allergies when making a booking.
Please note: Given the experimental and site-specific nature of this event, not all items included in the menu can be accommodate for dietaries.
This is a non-alcoholic event.
The event is designed for 16+ year old participants.
About Long Prawn
Long Prawn is a creative experience studio that specialise in full-flavoured and original events grounded in site-specific and research-based practice. An artistic food practice headed up by F GM Mora and L B Stephens that delivers rigorously researched food expertise heavily seasoned with creative event design. Food enveloped in community, props and performance from buffet tables to nouveau haute cuisine – responsive, rewarding and resourceful eating, ideas, events and workshops. Long Prawn have hosted events as part of NGV Melbourne Design Week, APHIDS, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Image by Kit Edwards_2025
PLAY and Swamp Monsters artists Nicholas Selenitsch and Vipoo Srivilasa along with curators Olivia Poloni and Nicola Bryant will offer a series of prompts throughout the evening to encourage discussion and gain a deeper understanding of artists use of play in art. Over the course of a meal, participants, artists and curators will contemplate, eat and connect.
About PLAY and Swamp Monsters
The exhibition PLAY explores how contemporary artists use playfulness, humour, and the language of games to approach subjects that are often difficult, divisive, or emotionally charged. The exhibition proposes that play is not a retreat from seriousness, but a strategy for engaging with it; a way to disarm, reimagine, and reconnect. Curated as part of PLAY at Wyndham Art Gallery, Swamp Monsters is a joyful call to care for and protect our local wetlands. Created for kids by Vipoo Srivilasa, Swamp Monsters invites you to transform into a wetland creature. Choose your costume, then make your own Swamp Monster mask to complete your transformation. What kind of swamp monster will you be? Curated By Nicola Bryant.
Exhibition dates: 31 October – 24 January 2027
Opening hours: Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm and Saturday & Sunday 10am - 3pm
What to expect
Given the experimental and site-specific nature of this event, not all items included in the menu can accommodate for dietaries. There will be options for all dietaries to enjoy but please note we are unable to make adjustments in every case. The menu will focus on future forward and highly sustainable sources of food and protein. This may include animal products and lab grown meat, all with the future of sustainable food systems in mind.
Please include any allergies when making a booking.
Please note: Given the experimental and site-specific nature of this event, not all items included in the menu can be accommodate for dietaries.
This is a non-alcoholic event.
The event is designed for 16+ year old participants.
About Long Prawn
Long Prawn is a creative experience studio that specialise in full-flavoured and original events grounded in site-specific and research-based practice. An artistic food practice headed up by F GM Mora and L B Stephens that delivers rigorously researched food expertise heavily seasoned with creative event design. Food enveloped in community, props and performance from buffet tables to nouveau haute cuisine – responsive, rewarding and resourceful eating, ideas, events and workshops. Long Prawn have hosted events as part of NGV Melbourne Design Week, APHIDS, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Image by Kit Edwards_2025