Installations

I Wish You Hadn’t Asked

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Installed from 21 September 2012 to 6 October 2012
Public artContemporary artTemporary artArt and AboutInteractive art
A child in a yellow raincoat stands in a bedroom with rain-like water falling from the ceiling.

Step inside this ordinary house where rain pours inside its walls, slowly destroying the private world within. Raincoats provided.

Artist: James Dive and The Glue Society
This artwork was temporary and is no longer at this location.

Artwork description

There is a moment in a relationship when something is said, or done, that can’t be taken back. Then the rot sets in.

Artist

James Dive is an installation artist and long-term member of creative collective The Glue Society. His work has appeared across the globe, from contemporary art shows in Miami to billboards in Iraq, including his melted ice-cream van, Hot with the chance of a late storm, a hugely popular installation at Sydney’s Sculpture by the Sea.

Performers suspended on ropes execute acrobatic moves on the side of a tall glass building against a clear sky.

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