National Gallery video artworks to be projected onto The Lock-Up facade
Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto /…A historic building illuminated with vibrant lights at night.(File image: Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto / Pexels)
Newy 87.8 FM – A collection of audiovisual works by Australian and international artists will go on display at Newcastle's The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space through the Sharing the National Collection program.
The works by Australian, Singaporean, American and French artists will be projected onto the outside of the gallery's sandstone façade at night, making them easily accessible for audiences.
The selected artworks are Joan Jonas's Disturbances (1974), Sophie Calle's L'homme profonde / deep man (2011), Charles Lim's SEA STATE 5: drift (rope sketch) (2012) and Club Ate's Ex Nilalang (Lolo Ex Machina) (2015).
Minister for the Arts Tony Burke said more than two million people have now engaged with works loaned under the program, noting that at any point 98 per cent of the national collection is held in storage.
Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon said it was a fantastic opportunity for Novocastrians to experience nationally and internationally acclaimed artworks at home, describing The Lock-Up as both an iconic heritage building and a leading contemporary art space.
National Gallery of Australia Director Nick Mitzevich said projecting the works onto the historic sandstone building at night would create an extraordinary effect as art and history collide.
Lock-Up Director Alexandra Pedley said the four moving-image works would inaugurate The Lock-Up Projection Platform, transforming the gallery's Hunter Street façade and heritage precinct into an outdoor cultural space after dark.
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