network 2022

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:::: monumental rope intervention with built environment
:::: Reflection Pool, The Concourse/Chatswood Library, Chatswood Sydney
:::: invited artist, Human in the Wire, a Willoughby Council curated Exhibition [click]
:::: 19.7m x 12m x 4.6m [depth]
:::: commissioned rope [12mm dia double braided polyester]; cable ties

please note: the metalic sculptural element is an existing artwork titled Visiting Enki [2010], by Wendy Mills

artist statement

the proposition hangs with ease and is sensitive to breeze, with the overall form varying wildly with perspective. this, be it from above ground or across it all from within Chatswood Library respectively, with reflections shimmering on the agitated water and repeated endlessly across the four glazed walls of the pit.

as though energised from within, the lines perhaps constitute a reasoned network that lies interconnected beneath the vast urban skin …

acknowledgements

i extend my gratitude to Cassandra Hard-Lawrie [Curator & Visual Arts Coordinator; Willoughby Council], for the invitation, her professionalism throughout the engagement and her tireless efforts towards the fulsome realisation of the work.

i would like to further acknowledge Sayoko Aso [3rd Yr Sculpture Student; National Art School] and Jed de Pyper [Tattoo Artist], for their generous assistance during installation, which occurred under trying weather conditions. thank you.