I thank you light,for the subtle wayyour merest touch gives shapeto such things I couldonly learn to lovethrough your delicate instruction.David Whyte, extract from The Bell and the Blackbird, 2018 There are small reasons for...
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The works I have created for this exhibition continue my exploration of industrial architecture. My work aims to reveal the atmospheric epicentre of industrial sites – the point or zone where the atmospherics collide and...
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When exploring the Liddell site, I was instantly struck by the glorious textures and surface patterns that exist throughout the plant, which set my mind racing with the many possibilities for creating works linking back...
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Muswellbrook Arts Centre · Anna Rankmore and Andrew French-Northam, 'Echoes of Liddell' 2024 The aural inspiration and creative impetus for Echoes of Liddell was initiated by visits to the operational site of the Liddell Power...
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Listen here. Sound is the medium I work with and during my first visit to the Liddell site, the turbines were still operational. You can hear how this sounded in the Liddell Tuning Drone. This...
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Liddell Power Station, a relic of industrialisation with decades of coal-fired energy production, embodies our historical dependence on coal. Viewing it through this lens of industrial heritage, my artworks become speculative machines of the future,...
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Made from salvaged parts from the Liddell plant, Pressure Pipe Poems are playful constructions that link the station’s physical infrastructure to human experience, exploring the mixed emotions of the Liddell’s closure through materials. Combustion Shadows...
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Painting the interior of a decommissioned coal-fired power station was an incredible experience. Industrial colours are surprisingly vibrant and this, along with the strip lighting and sunlight pouring in from outside on the upper level,...
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As a lifelong crocheter, I have created votive objects or fetishes for aspects of the Power Station’s deity, intended to evoke consideration of Liddell’s people, place and purpose. Humans venerate and placate deities in the...
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The Liddell Project was a transformative journey, both for the collective of artists involved and for me personally. At the Liddell Power Station, I discovered a workplace environment that defied my preconceptions, imbued with a...
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