CONTEXT:
1949, 2016
site-specific light installation, Old Parliament House, MOAD, Canberra
description:
shared Australian history in support of the Tent Embassy
Illuminates a letter from SIR doug Nicholls
that was Delivered to the site
Reveal story from the building
Research the National Archives of Australia
History of Australian democracy
Leadership of Indigenous Australians in their native country
Letter requested one Indigenous Australian be entitled representation in the Australian National Parliament
Transformed the building in red, yellow and black
painted gestures Deconstruct the shape of the building/institution
Reinstate the shape of mountain range blocked by the building
Technical:
3 X Pigi projectors large format slide, preproduction projection mapping
projected by: electric canvas
photography: Mark Kelly