ROBBIE ROWLANDS Light falls 7.

450 x 1300 x 300 cm

Repurposed light pole

About the Artwork

The Strand Ephemera commission Light falls features a 20 m stadium light pole sculpturally reformed to fall gracefully across the walkway. Rowlands' precision cuts fragment the pole, disrupting its structural integrity, allowing him to challenge and redefine its form. In a landscape that has experienced the force of nature wreak havoc on the strongest of structures, the outcome here - with its gentle curves - attempts to find a balance revealing an underlying stability. The stadium lights, faintly lit, bring a sense of life to the pole and an optimism, as if it is in a state of rest before it rises to stand above us and continue to light our way.

About the Artist

Robbie Rowlands is a Melbourne based artist whose work explores notions of stability and vulnerability through the manipulation of objects and environments. His repetitious and precise cuts and the resulting distortions reflect the inescapable passing of time that affects everything around us. Through his site-specific arts practice he has explored many diverse buildings and environments such as a retired bus depot, a 1900’s church through to abandoned houses in the suburbs of Detroit, USA.

Katri PEKRI & Alide ZVOROVSKI

AUDITORIUM

6.5 x 300 x 300 cm

Porcelain

About the Work

“

From my village I see as much in the universe as you can see from the earth… So my village is as big as any other land. Because I’m the size of what I see, not the size of my height…"

(VII by Fernando Pessoa’s heteronym Alberto Caeiro)

About the Artists

Emotional Landscapes is an environmental art collaboration between Estonian fine art artist Alide Zvorovski and puppet theatre artist Katri Pekri, who are engaged with environmental art projects within a desire to formulate the correlation between nature and a contemporary way of thinking.

Tom EMMETT

Strangers in the Wind

280 x 240 x 240 cm

Surfboard foam, fibreglass

About the Work

Strangers In The Wind is a work of the ocean tide; constantly flowing, shifting, rising and falling. Often a hidden part of our beach experience, the figures reveal and highlight the beauty of this natural phenomenon.

About the Artist

Tom Emmett is an artist based between Brisbane and Sydney. His work draws on notions of the landscape as a living entity and the Anthropocene.

Carla GOTTGENS Portal

240 x 240 x 40 cm

Foam core acrylic, laminated adhesive vinyl, steel rods

About the Work

You are sitting on a beach, you close your eyes. When you re-open them you are 100 years into the future. What do you see? Portal presents six different views of our world 100 years from now. Each view was created from a survey response and the reactions and thoughts from people all over the globe. Portal is a game designed for visitors to interact with and to move the cubes to make a picture. The portal allows the chosen view to blend into the surrounding landscape. What will we see in 100 years? Roll the dice and play the game to see.

About the Artist

Carla Gottgens is a multi-disciplinary artist working across photography/sculpture/installation and murals. Her work has been commissioned by councils across Australia and she has won awards for her sculptural installations and photography. Gottgens is based in Melbourne.