Summary |
Lyndal Jones and the Avoca project, art, place and climate change |
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Start Date |
2nd May 2013 12:30pm |
End Date |
2nd May 2013 1:30pm |
Venue |
Tasmanian College of the Arts (Inveresk) |
RSVP / Contact Information |
ArtsForum is a series of free public lectures held at the Tasmanian College of the Arts (Inveresk). Students and members of the public are welcome to attend. |
Lyndal Jones: The Avoca Project, art, place and climate change
The Avoca Project (2005–15) by Lyndal Jones is a broad communal artwork based on a German prefabricated house which was transported in 1850 to the small Australian town of Avoca in Victoria. The artist purchased the house in 2004. The site, however, is more than a house; it is a place where Jones and visiting artists-in-residence (Australian and international), academics and members of the local community can gather to consider the impact of climate change and environmental sustainability.
Jones’s 2010 performance, Rehearsing Catastrophe #1: The Ark in Avoca, illustrates her belief in The Avoca Project as a hub for environmental discussion. This performative video work exemplifies Jones’s reasons for utilising art as a powerful expression of climate change. Under her management, The Avoca Project signposts the creative challenge of a changing natural environment.
It is this use of the house as live-in artwork combined with Jones’s innovation with projects such as Rehearsing Catastrophe #1: The Ark in Avoca that makes The Avoca Project significant within the consideration of climate change and contemporary visual art.