WORLD PREMIERE
VISUAL
ART
Yandell Walton (Australia)
Presented by Experimenta in association
with Melbourne Festival
Human
effect
In a quiet side street in the CBD, a
little piece of the concrete jungle
has been reclaimed by the wild.
Outdoor
Accomplished projection installation artist
Yandell Walton has collaborated with animator
Tobias J. Edwards and software developer Jayson
Haebich to bring Festival-goers a spectacular new
interactive artwork.
Mapping the contours of an urban laneway,
Walton repurposes it as a canvas for a series
of vibrantly animated projections, creating a
paradise of verdant growth. Flowering vines
twine up pipes, moss and ferns spread across the
walls, while vividly coloured butterflies alight on
window ledges.
An echo of ages before human inhabitation, the
scene entices viewers to move closer: an approach
that sees the new life wither and slowly die,
destroyed by the human presence, only to be
renewed once more in a riot of foliage and motion
as viewers move away.
Projection Artist Yandell Walton
Animator Tobias J. Edwards
Software Developer Jayson Haebich
Event Information
Lingham Lane, Melbourne
Thu 11 – Sat 27 Oct, dusk – midnight
FREE
melbournefestival.com.au
experimenta.org
Funded by City of Melbourne and City of Yarra.
This installation is part of Experimenta Speak to Me, 5th International
Biennial of Media Art.
Melbourne Exclusive
VISUAL
ART
Place of
Assembly
(Australia)
Presented by Schoolhouse Studios Inc
in association with Melbourne Festival
A fond and final farewell to
one of Melbourne’s most vital
and diverse artistic communities.
The site of Abbotsford’s Schoolhouse Studios has
been a locus of the Melbourne community for
over 120 years, but with this iconic building’s
demolition scheduled for the end of 2012, a vibrant
chapter of local history is drawing to a close.
In honour of this passing, the 75 artists of
Schoolhouse Studios, joined by 11 guest artists,
are holding a wide-ranging exhibition of the
works developed in residence – a final, triumphant
snapshot of the creativity generated by this place
of artistic exchange and collaboration.
Curators Elizabeth Barnett & Alice Glenn
Artists Beth Arnold, James Carey, Martine
Corompt, Campbell Drake, Katie Lee, Eugenia Lim,
Bridie Lunney, Dominic Redfern, Robbie Rowlands,
Zoe Scoglio, Jake Walker, Julian White
Event Information
Schoolhouse Studios
97–99 Nicholson St, Abbotsford
Official Opening
Wed 10 Oct at 6pm
Performances by Two Bright Lakes artists
Exhibition
Wed 10 Oct – Sat 27 Oct
Sun – Thu 10am – 6pm
Fri & Sat 10am – 9pm
FREE
schoolhousestudios.com.au
melbournefestival.com.au
Supported by Arts Victoria and City of Yarra.
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