• Level Five is a cooperative studio for and by artists. We collectively organise and take care of our spaces and the people making use of them. In this way we create a durable foundation for each of our artistic practices and initiatives.

Level Five is a cooperative studio for and by artists. We collectively organise and take care of our spaces and the people making use of them. In this way we create a durable foundation for each of our artistic practices and initiatives.

Melissa Ryke

Talkie Walkie Walkie Talkie, 2019 residency at Fructose, Dunkirk FR. Ephemeral sculptures made of gelatin and sea water.
Fluid, 2015 video installation at la Maison Folie Hospice d’Havré, Tourcoing FR. Hanging screen and video projection.
Braced under the heating sun. 2021 exhibition at KIOSK, Ghent BE. Multichannel sound, semi-transparent curtains and video projection.

Ryke’s practice-led research focuses on a critical and playful investigation of the quotidian and experimentation with installation and time based media. Through these mediums the key notion of a bodily experience in space is explored from a phenomenological framework. Recent projects have been focused on embodied listening; listening and recording as a sensorial experience. This topic is being further explored as a creative research doctorate supported by ZHdK, Zurich in partnership with the Kunstuniversitat Linz.

Ryke’s work has been screened and exhibited internationally, including at the Palais des Beaux Arts (Lille, FR), Seventh Gallery (Melbourne, AU), !MetroArts and Boxcopy (Brisbane, AU), Ars Electronica (Linz, AT), Kiosk (Ghent, BE) and at AADK (Blanca, ES). She studied Fine Arts in both Australia and France and has completed the European Postgraduate in Art in Sound at KASK, Ghent in June 2020. Melissa Ryke is an Australian artist currently based in Brussels, Belgium.

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