TRESPASSERS WELCOME _ ED 1/25. 2020 NOV.
Brisbane Powerhouse. 119 Lamington St New Farm. Brisbane AUS.
Built 1928. Arch: Roy Rusden Ogg | Refurbished 2000. Arch: Peter Roy | Heritage Listed.
_
The work was commissioned by international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, Brisbane AUS via Kirsty Faichen, a HSF partner. The work was beautifully printed on canvas as a gift for a departing partner. The choice of subject was mine based on some suggestions from HSF. I love the Powerhouse and had photographed and sketched it on a number of previous occasions from about 2009 on. My first Powerhouse sketch was around 2016. I was a very rusty sketcher at the time and I gave up without finishing. The second time was in August 2019 when I wanted to try out a new calligraphy pen … hence the title of the sketch was ROUND TWO. After accepting the commission, I returned to the Powerhouse to find the view I wanted and take photos. I was delighted to find out during the course of my investigations that HSF are a corporate partner of the Brisbane Powerhouse … a serendipitous relationship between commissioner and artwork.
_
The work is a multi-layered digitally assembled drawing with other media. The artwork includes a grainy photo of the sky over the Powerhousetaken by me in 2009 on an analogue camera, photos of Powerhouse posters taken by me in 2009 on a digital camera, an historic photo of the Powerhouse sourced via brisbanepowerhouse.org, cut-out photos of people working on site during August this year, cut-out photos of art signs by Richard Tipping that are located around the site … and a photo of myself presenting at Pecha Kucha in the Turbine Room in Dec 2018 … it’s mounted in one of the poster cases beside the entry ramp with the workman in orange fluoro jacket pointing at me pointing to the Turbine Room.
_
I named the work TRESSPASSERS WELCOME after Richard Tipping’s sign because I thought it to be an appropriately inappropriate legal situation.
