Testing Ground - Residency 2015
I have been selected to participate in a residency over part of summer at Testing Grounds. Testing Grounds is a 2000sq m green space, behind the Arts Centre that is open to the public and supports and encourages all manner of artistic enquiry. The site is where the old YMCA built in 1925 used to be. In 1983, structural damage caused by the construction of the Roy Grounds designed Arts Centre and Concert Hall meant that the building needed to be demolished. The land was acquired by the State of Victoria as Crown Land and is reserved for arts purposes. Today the space is flanked by tall buildings and the ferociously busy City Road. An island in a sea of urbanity. I'm still finding my feet so I brought in some old work for a new setting.