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Julian Brenchley spoke with Vision’s Peter Hyatt about
a series where clever technologies, bold materials
and contestant ambitions need to fuse into the single
brilliant moment to realise art as commerce.
What is the one constant for you about working on
The Block?
It’s a lot of fun. I love seeing what the contestants do
inside the houses, how they interpret the architecture,
how they bring another interpretation to it, how they
see things compared to how I see them. That’s part of
the fun of it and life and living. There’s a lot of eyes on
this so it’s intense.
The central idea behind this year’s series is an industrial
look. Can you elaborate on that?
I’m not one for a style. How I like to interpret these things
is how you use materials to create either a look or a form,
but it’s not a style. In this instance we’ve used materials
to create a look but it’s not an intentional style grab.
We’re looking at something with a deep-set integrity
and a very strong, honest materiality.
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JULIAN BRENCHLEY
IN CONVERSATION