National Gallery of Victoria
JAMES GEURTS
National Gallery of Victoria, 2018
Inkjet print, edition of 6 + 1 A.P.
Neon sculpture made at the site of river intervention, marking cultural debris caught on 100 floodline.
In 1895, a weir was built to generate power from a water turbine for the Yarra Falls Roller Mills.
50 x 80 cm
$ 3,100
Additional Info
FLOODPLAIN
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia 2018
Curated by Simon Maidment, Senior Curator at NGV
Through site and time-specific neon light installations, Floodplain identifies a series of river intervention sites and cultural institutions situated in the floodplain along the 242-kilometre Yarra River (Birrarung). These neon interventions represent cultural debris that marks the 100-year flood line at each of these sites. Each neon intervention was a site action for a single day, solar power was collected through the day and illuminated at the threshold of day and night, and each photograph faced north as a continuum narrative from the source to the mouth of the river.
This project is supported by the National Gallery of Victoria, Australian Council for the Arts, Melbourne Water, Georges Mora Foundation and State Library Victoria, and the Wurundjeri Cultural Heritage Council Aboriginal Corporation.
Un Projects Review by Sophie O'brien