Landed
Launceston's landmark Henty House provides a backdrop for illumination artist Cindi Drennan. This prime example of brutalist style architecture will be transfromed by the creation of an illuminated audiovisual environment.
Dates/Venue: Wednesday 25 August - Sunday 29 August, 7pm-10pm - Civic Square
FREE EVENT
Presented By Junction 2010 and Local Stages, Country Arts SA.
Supported by Effective Naturally.
Carcophony
A stereo symphonic representation of our obsession with automobiles using a sound and performance installation with 12 cars, their drivers and stereos. A unique work that transforms the ordinary car into an extraordinary wall of sound providing a loud and charged experience. One listener described it as "just like going to a Pink Floyd concert but without the flying pig!".
Dates/venues: Friday 27 August and Saturday 28 August at 7.30pm - Elizabeth Street Car Park; Sunday 29 August at 3.30pm - Blockie Route around Civic Square
Duration 15 minutes
Free Event
Presented By Junction 2010 and Local Stages, Country Arts SA
A Map of the dream of the Future
A Map of a Dream of the Future is a contemporary art installation that uses sophisticated data-visualisation software to map young people's dreams about the future. It is both a surreal and beautiful experimental garden and a huge three-dimensional graph that shows the spread of young Tasmanians' thinking about climate futures.
Venue: Tram Shed Function Centre, 4 Invermay Rd, Inveresk
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Sunday 29 August, 12pm-7.30pm
Free event
Presented By Tasmanian Regional Arts and the School of Environment and Geography at the University of Tasmania
The Zero Project
Junction Arts Festival is proud to host two projects with Eko Prawoto, one of Indonesia's leading architects, and a celebrated installation artist. The Zero Project interprets our energy equations with new parameters and addresses issues of waste and over-consumption. Created with a zero material budget, the project uses industrial waste and recycled objects and contrasts them with natural found materials: sand, wood, stones, water, grass, etc.
Venue: Kings Park
Dates/ times: Wednesday 25 August- Sunday 29 August. Open all hours
Free event
The Zero Project is a collaboration between Eko Prawoto and Tasmanian artist Ralf Heartel.
Supported by Pure Tasmania.
Homeplace
Marcus Tatton's sculpture interventions look at the footprint of human intervention on our planet. Created using material from the natural world, the sculptures remind us of our interaction with natural environments and the impact on our home and our lives.
Chimney Stack: an eerie reminder of our ephemeral nature installed in Civic Square
Squall: a representation of the elements that we cannot ignore located at the Cataract Gorge
Venues: Civic Square, Paterson St and Cataract Gorge via Basin Rd, West Launceston
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Monday 30 August
Free Event
Presented By Marcus Tatton Contemporary Sculpture.
Supported by NRM North.
Pleiades
Imagine a thousand cream felt spheres suspended above you. Dull in texture but offering warmth and hope. Walking among them, the desire to touch and being able to reach for them. This textile installation aims at recreating in essence the constellation of Pleiades (Seven Sisters) star cluster which occupies a prominent place in ancient mythology. It promotes the story telling of myths and legends and acknowldges that with all our differences we live under the same sun with the same hopes and dreams. Be apart of this installation by submitting your own sphere. Log onto the Pleiades blog spot for details
Venue: Civic Square, Paterson St
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Monday 30 August, open all hours
Free event
Presented By Sonja Hindrum.
Supported by Launceston Airport.
Tour de Clarendon: Kinetic Carts
Ross Byers' concept will result in kinetic art that is large, dynamic and powered by the legs of those involved. Inspired by the National Trust's great country house Clarendon this is a project that connects our past with our future.A visual bridge between the heart (Alice Springs) and jewel (Tasmania) of Australia the art walk exhibits work created by artists from both locations using river as a metaphor for depicting connection and flow from one place to another.
Venue: Civic Square, Paterson St
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Sunday 29 August, 9.30am-5pm, Carts on Display 9am-5pm, Carts in Motion 12pm-12.30pm and 4.30pm-5pm
Free Event
Presented By The National Trust
Enid Goes Flying
Enid goes flying continues Malcolm Bywaters' research into the use of memory as a signifier of personal place, location and history. The sculpture is based on a Tiger Moth biplane flight that he had at the age of seven in a farm top paddock in Victoria.
Venue: Old Post Office, Corner Cameron and St John St
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Sunday 29 August, 9.30am-5pm
Free Event
Presented By Malcom Bywaters
Wild Willow Cafe
Imagine relaxing with your latte in a café composed entirely of willow including furniture and sculptural objects! Created through a series of workshops, the installation demonstrates creative uses for willow, while providing a unique dining experience.
Venue: Civic Square, Cameron St
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Sunday 29 August (Open Midday - Late)
Free Event
Presented by Jed Gillian and the Basket Makers of Tasmania
