We drove out to Casula Powerhouse today to see the exhibition Australian at the Casula Powerhouse. It’s an amazing building (even if a little architecturally busy as a gallery space) and it was a heartening experience to see such an epic display of large-scale works by contemporary artists. It was nice to have the whole space to ourselves but as Carolyn said, it seemed rather sad that attendance on a fine Sunday like today would be so poor. Together with the two gallery attendants, my companion and I were outnumbered by the local youths applying fresh graffiti to the rusted silos. I was pleased to see that they were health and safety-aware with dust masks, gloves and sturdy ladders.
I think I have seen this work three times now. It is a real crowd-pleaser and certainly has a wow effect on the viewer, however, I have never seen a reasonably elegant solution to the apparatus that applies a steady current of air to make the balls vibrate. A vacuum cleaner was used in this incarnation, surely something could be fitted into the wall?
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