Site-specific artwork makes visible the ducted air we rely on

Connected lengths of duct punctuated by vents crisscross a room in the exhibition ‘Air’ currently at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane. Up close, it becomes clear the network is channelling air as the turbine ventilators spin and comes to life as a breathing system, wondrous for its unexpected industrial intrusion into the…

Visit the Gallery Watermall & Sculpture Courtyard

The Queensland Art Gallery’s permanent home at South Brisbane was designed around the Brisbane River, and the spectacular Watermall within its cavernous interior runs parallel to the waterway threading its way through the ‘River City’. Watermall On entering the Queensland Art Gallery, the grand Watermall is one of the most striking exhibition spaces first viewed,…

Live music & film with post-rock band hazards of swimming naked

The launch of our new event cinema series kicks off on Sunday 26 February and runs across 10 unique screenings and music performances until 26 November 2023. Our ‘City Symphony’ Live Music & Film series will start with a screening of the iconic Man with a Movie Camera 1929 paired with Brisbane based post-rock band…

1000 elongated glass yams suggest toxic plume

Cloud Chamber 2020 (illustrated) by Yhonnie Scarce is based upon the form of a rising atomic cloud after a devastating nuclear blast. Currently on display at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane during the exhibition ‘Air’, the hand-blown yam shapes in glass hang in the air like inverted raindrops capturing the light. Whereas…