FERAL 2/3 at Articulate Project Space | Mel Baveas

2015 | Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, SydneyParticipating artist: Mel Baveas, then exhibiting as Melissa Maree

FERAL 2/3 was a progressive group exhibition at Articulate Project Space, bringing together artists through a series of overlapping exhibitions and spatial interventions. The project explored the tension between the familiar and the unexpected, with artists responding to domestic materials, architecture, labour and the physical conditions of the gallery.

My work, Doubling (2014), was presented under the pseudonym Veronica Habib, forming part of the exhibition's exploration of identity, repetition and the transformation of familiar objects. The work consisted of two McDonald's-issued work shirts that had been carefully cut, with the resulting circular forms presented as part of the installation.

As described by Lisa Sharp in her contemporary review, the work used the repetition of the uniform and the removal of its material surface to consider routine, labour and the space outside institutionalised forms of work. Sharp notes that the cut-outs acknowledged “the space outside of the uniform,” connecting the work to broader questions of conformity, repetition and the relationship between domestic and public spaces.

The exhibition is an important early record of my multidisciplinary practice at Articulate Project Space, where I was working with found and everyday materials to investigate systems, identity, labour and transformation.

Bibliography

Sharp, L. (2015) Show: “FERAL 2/3” at Articulate Project Space Leichhardt. Lisa Pang / Lisa Sharp, 29 January. Available at: Lisa Sharp — FERAL 2/3 review (Accessed: 20 September 2026).

Articulate Project Space (2015) FERAL 2/3. Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt. Available at: Articulate Project Space (Accessed: 20 September 2026).

Historical name note: The contemporary review identifies the artist as Melissa Maree. On your website, I would write “Mel Baveas (then exhibiting as Melissa Maree)” to make the connection between your current name and the historical exhibition record clear.