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This pre-visit guide supports an accessible visit by providing detailed descriptions and photographs of the exhibition spaces. It is designed to help people with disability or neurodivergence prepare for their visit.
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As you enter the NGV through the Waterwall entrance on St Kilda Road, the CARTIER exhibition is on the left-hand side or south end of the building.
You will pass through the Gallery Kitchen to reach the exhibition entrance. If you need to purchase a ticket, the ticket desk is on the right-hand side. NGV Members and people with access requirements can use the priority queue at the ticket desk and at the exhibition entrance.
The Gallery Kitchen is often busy and can be loud, with people eating and talking. You are welcome to purchase food and drinks here and sit and relax or take them into the Great Hall for a quieter space. Food and drinks, except water bottles, cannot be taken into the exhibition space.
A security team member will scan your ticket at the entry to the CARTIER exhibition. The scanners have a light and make a beeping sound when scanning.
Please do not touch the artworks.
As you enter the exhibition, a corridor leads you to the first gallery space. Along your left-hand side a reflective surface runs along the wall, reflecting colourful light on the floor and other walls. The other walls, floor and ceiling are cream coloured.
The first gallery space has a curved wooden wall with light coming from slits on each side. The walls and floor are a dusty pink colour and the floor is carpeted. The exhibition continues around the right-hand side of the wall.
In the centre of the second part of the room is a free-standing display case. To the left is another case with some multimedia screens.
The doorways between some gallery spaces have a silver-coloured reflective surface that runs along the floors, walls and ceiling.
This room has a large square-shaped display in the centre of the room, which you can walk around. The walls have a reflective golden-coloured surface with cases built in.
The carpet and walls are a light gold colour.
Bench seating is available on two of the outer walls.
Around the outside of the room are cases containing archival material. There are also some framed archival works on the wall and a short video on a screen.
This room has coral-coloured carpet and walls. In the centre of the room is a geometrically-shaped structure, which you can walk inside of.
This room is medium-sized, with low-lighting and deep, red-coloured carpet, walls and ceiling. In the centre of the room is a small square structure with display cases on each side.
Above the central structure, a ceiling feature emits soft light.
This room is medium-sized, with two internal, C-shaped curved walls with a silver reflective surface. The room has grey carpet and walls. Behind the wall on your right-hand side as you enter, there is a film screening and a bench seat.
This room is small-sized, with yellowy-green coloured carpet and walls. A video plays behind a wall, with tiered seating.
This room is a darker space with dark grey/black linoleum flooring and walls.
A corridor with low light leads into the final gallery space with large screens along the wall.
The final gallery space has curved walls and a large circular seat in the middle of the room. The walls and carpet are a deep brown colour and the light is low.
A light-coloured corridor leads to the exhibition exit. Columns with reflective surfaces reflect coloured light across the space.
The exhibition exits into the NGV design store.
Map showing the exhibition layout including the locations of seating and audiovisual content.
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