I don't really remember a lot of what I learned in high school maths, but I do remember that I spent a lot of time working on my drawing skills with my constant doodles in the margin of my maths pad. If I'd know that these sketches could be art gallery worthy, I would have held onto them.
Meaningless scribbles are the main attraction at the
Doodle Archive, an upcoming exhibition that will launch on Thursday 7 April and will showcase hundreds of examples of high school doodles, from former and current students. The exhibits will encompass hundreds of doodles captured over the past decade, the artists represent all skills levels and the drawings range from stick figures scrawled on the bottom of assignments to more complicated designs laboured over in notepads.
Creators Bridie Connell and Daniel Reisinger give all sorts of artistic, scientific and
Jungian reasons behind the presentation but the reasons why aren't enormously important. It's enough just to enjoy the variety of art works and to remember the uncomfortable chairs and mind numbing boredom of your least favourite high school class.
The organisers are still accepting doodle submissions until 7 April, which can be e-mailed to wewantyourdoodle@gmail.com. Until then, eager viewers can see a selection of drawings on the Doodle Archive Tumblr.
The Doodle Archive will be showing at
Oxford Arts Factory (
38-46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst) from 7 April.
