A Thousand Times the Rolling Sun
February 2018
Beechworth H.M Prison, Victoria
Curated by Gabriel Curtain
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
In 2018 artist and curator Gabriel Curtain invited a group of artists to respond to the historic Beechworth H.M. Prison.
The artists included: L.A, Ender Baskan, Tim Bučković, Jessie Builivant, R.C, Bindi Cole Chocka, Gabriel Curtin, Grace Furguson, W.H, Jamie Hall, Paula Hunt, The Museum Incognita (Fayen d'Evie and Katie West), Tara O' Conal, C.P, Steven Rhall, Isadora Vaughn, Rudi Williams.
After conducting a tour of the site with historian Darren Sutton, Williams responded to the architecture of the site by researching the Ovidian myth of Argus Panoptes and Io to consider the all seeing panopticon structure of the prison, parallel to the ancient and contemporary mythology present in the space. During the tour Sutton relayed a story of a previous iteration of the site; a recent owner of the historic prison kept a menagerie. When Williams asked if there were peacocks he said “yes, but they flew away and now live in the asylum up the road”.
In this work the peacock represents the all seeing structure of the panopticon prison, and the verbal mythology that still surrounds the site.
A Thousand Times the Rolling Sun
February 2018, Beechworth H.M Prison, Victoria
Curated by Gabriel Curtain
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
Argus Panoptes
Inkjet on acrylic, 2018.
In 2018 artist and curator Gabriel Curtain invited a group of artists to respond to the historic Beechworth H.M. Prison.
The artists included: L.A, Ender Baskan, Tim Bučković, Jessie Builivant, R.C, Bindi Cole Chocka, Gabriel Curtin, Grace Furguson, W.H, Jamie Hall, Paula Hunt, The Museum Incognita (Fayen d'Evie and Katie West), Tara O' Conal, C.P, Steven Rhall, Isadora Vaughn, Rudi Williams.
After conducting a tour of the site with historian Darren Sutton, Williams responded to the architecture of the site by researching the Ovidian myth of Argus Panoptes and Io to consider the all seeing panopticon structure of the prison, parallel to the ancient and contemporary mythology present in the space. During the tour Sutton relayed a story of a previous iteration of the site; a recent owner of the historic prison kept a menagerie. When Williams asked if there were peacocks he said “yes, but they flew away and now live in the asylum up the road”.
In this work the peacock represents the all seeing structure of the panopticon prison, and the verbal mythology that still surrounds the site.