A collaborative video installation is on display against the back wall of the Sunshine Library, encouraging passers-bys to re-imaging the concept of ‘public space’.
Damian Laing and Si Leong have combined their interests of urban planning, philosophy and design to create the ‘Affordances of Space’ installation.
The large-scale 60 second video installation invites viewers to contemplate and imagine new ways of inhabiting, using, and interacting with the built environment in Brimbank.
Damien said the creation of the installation was a two-stage process.
“I travelled around Brimbank collecting video footage of different spaces in long takes, Si then digitally animated this footage together on intersecting planes using 3D software to show how these spaces collide together into a rough whole,” he said.
Si said the installation is a ‘site-specific’ piece that uses footage of Sunshine and the local community, edited through 3D software, and mapped onto the Sunshine Library for looped projection
“I hope the work inspires people from all walks of life to come together in reimagining potential uses of shared spaces,” Si said.
“… I hope the work brings people together – at a literal and figurative intersection, to contemplate the vast and diverse networks of people, animals, machinery, and infrastructure that comprise a community.
“Everyone has their own way of defining what it means to ‘be in a community’ and I hope the work shows how important it is to acknowledge the power, privilege, and responsibility that comes with shaping and coding land, waterways, and sky for specific ways of living.”
The art installation is visible from sunset against the back wall of the Sunshine Library up until December 20.
