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PROJECT NAME:

Art Science Exhibition

Michelle Thuenissen
"Elastic Boundaries"

Paul Caporn
"Gravometer Mark II"

Mark Cain
"Time Coil 1 & 2"

Jon Tarry
"Remote Sensor"

CLIENT:

Gravity Discovery Centre Foundation Inc

ARTISTS:

Paul Caporn, Michele Theunissen, Mark Cain, Alan Clark, Jon Tarry, Philip Gamblen, Alan Lamb

BUDGET:

$25,000

TIMEFRAME:

2003

Phillip Gamblen
"4d"

BACKGROUND:

The Gravity Discovery Centre grew out of the search for gravitational waves. Of the four forces that control the universe, we know that just two of them, gravity and electromagnetism, fall off as a perfect square of the distance. One hundred years ago our society began to be fractured by specialisation and division. The great thinkers of the past would have been puzzled at the idea that they might be only artist, only scientists or only engineers.

The Gravity Discovery Centre grew from the positioning of the Gravitational Wave Detector Research Centre at Gingin and the opportunity to create an educational centre that would complement the research.

ARTSOURCE APPROACH:

Artsource was approached by Professor David Blair from the University of WA to become involved in the development of a permanent exhibition of works for the planned Gravity Discovery Centre at Gingin

The role included:

• Working with the seven artists to gain an understanding of their approach, the scale of the works, specific site requirements and the rationale behind the approach
• Preparation of a letter of agreement between the client and the artists outlining their roles and responsibilities
• Ongoing meetings with the artists as a group to discuss the progress of the project
• Meetings with the Project Architect and Project management team as required to discuss layout, placement, labeling etc
• Liaison with the artists to ensure their work is fully realised to standard, delivered and installed
• Research the most appropriate documentation for the artworks including the form and content of a catalogue
• Oversee the installation of the artworks.

The project was one of those once in a lifetime events where the excitement of being part of such an extraordinary endeavour and the interest that scientists and artists demonstrated in each others thought processes and practices, cast out time. Everyone who became involved in the Centre found themselves drawn into the gravitational pull of the process. The artists worked hard and rigorously – they co-opted friends and relations shamelessly and scientists and students worked far into the night to realise the dream. The result was the beginnings of a new place from which more collaborations between art and science can grow.