Inspired by a reservoir’s original purpose providing water to parts of Sydney in the late 1880s.
Artist: Dale Jones – Evans
This artwork was temporary and is no longer at this location.
Artwork description
Top5Feet references a reservoir’s original purpose and emphasises its shortcomings. When the reservoir was in operation, the limited elevation meant only the top 5ft of water could be used to service homes.
The artwork features LEDs encased within layers of glass, with light and sound projections that transform the reservoir into a swimming pool of unmeasurable depth, showing a person swimming continuous laps.
Artist
Dale Jones-Evans studied painting at Monash University from 1975 to 1977 followed by architecture at RMIT from 1978 to 1988 in Melbourne. He began his own art and architectural practice while a student in 1981 and formed the infamous ‘enfant terrible’ architecture and design practice Biltmoderne (1983-87) which received numerous architectural awards and staged several art-furniture exhibitions.
Top5Feet early works were published in DOMUS magazine in Italy and he lived and worked in New York City from 1986 to 1987. Dale formed his own practice in Melbourne from 1988 Sydney in 1996. He has received numerous Australian national and state awards (Victoria, NSW, WA) for architectural excellence across a variety of project types and award categories, including the coveted National Robyn Boyd Award for residential architectural excellence.
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