The 1200 Buildings Public Art Commission Exhibition will be running in the Atrium at Federation Square from 28 September to 5 October. It will feature eleven proposals received for a sustainability-themed public art work at 490 Spencer Street, West Melbourne.
The Commission is the first of its kind in Melbourne and part of a growing global trend in combining art and green infrastructure.
Proposals exhibited are diverse and imaginative, coming from practitioners in design, conceptual art, computer gaming, landscape architecture and infomatics.
Each has responded to the questions: ‘Can the environmental leadership of one building transform a neighbourhood? How can a public artwork assist in this transformation?’ They seek to make visible the building’s unique functions and engage the community in the broader conversation around the vision for Eco-city Melbourne.
The building hosting the public artwork, Green Spaces at 490 Spencer Street, is part of City of Melbourne's 1200 Buildings Program, which encourages and supports the improvement of the energy, water and waste performance of Melbourne's commercial buildings. City of Melbourne and two building owners, Green Spaces and Fort Knox Self Storage, have jointly funded the commission.
Proposals in the exhibit:
- untitled by Greg Giannis
- airborne by Lloyd Godman Interactive
- Projection by Current Circus, team led by Yossi Landesrocha
- Gary Green Spaces has a Good Heart by Clare McCracken,
- The Green Transfer by ARUP Infomatics, team led by Jason McDermott
- Whirlygig by Ben Morieson
- Box by Flynn Hart and Daniel Nunan of Pollen Studio
- dot Blush by Pierre Proske
- Solar Garden by Gyungju Chyon and John Stanislav Sadar of Little Wonder
- untitled by Gavin Sade and Priscilla Bracks of Kuuki (Creative Media, Art and Design)
- The Gift Armature by RMIT University and Taylor Cullity Lethlean, team led by SueAnne Ware
See full descriptions of all proposals (text only, 77 kb) 