Chant is an exhibition of recent work by Melbourne/Naam artists, Denise Honan and Eva Stimson Clark. Both have an ongoing creative practice grounded in discarded materiality presented as transformed paradigms. Honan’s is an alternative sculptural practice based on intuitive and unorthodox responses to found materials. Weaving rigid plastics, buttery fabrics, discordant reflective ribbons and nubile foams into a symphony of layered, textured, and garishly coloured works. A sense of delight and playfulness is also visualized in the improbable groupings and simplistic construction methods evident in each piece. Stimson Clark’s “collage weaves” are dual abstract encounters constructed from discarded commercial carton cardboard and cotton thread. Structures emerge using systems of overlay on a woven grid-form. The sutured colour on the one side informs the random threaded line drawing on the reverse. Materials used by both artists come from serendipitous sources where the discarded becomes acquired, the worthless becomes repurposed and the overlooked becomes noticed. The handling of the materials is an important part of the process of making, freely delighting in colour association and uncertain outcomes. Connective techniques become solutions to ongoing questioning, letting narratives emerge from a playful “creative act”. Images courtesy the artists and Rubicon ARI.