Monumental Imaginaries – Donald Horne Building at the Tin Sheds Gallery
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The Donald Horne building is included in ‘Monumental Imaginaries’, a new exhibition opening at the Tin Sheds Gallery that explores the complexities and contradictions surrounding rapid energy transition and the climate futures heralded by the imminent changes taking place in the NSW Hunter Valley and Central Coast.
The Donald Horne Building is a keystone of the Hunter Innovation Precinct developed by Muswellbrook Shire Council, incorporating The Melt Modern Manufacturing Centre and the STEM Innovation Lab. The building provides prototyping, fabrication and teaching spaces in a purpose built 750sqm structure, linked via a delicate air bridge to Loxton House – a state registered heritage item constructed in 1838.
‘This exhibition champions how regional NSW will adapt to the agenda of renewable energy and highlights how local advocates consider replacements for carbon-intensive resources such as coal. It invites visitors to consider the scale of these transformations underway and the important role of visual media – drawing attention to the legacies of fossil fuel dependency and the emerging green visions of the upper and lower Hunter Valley’
The exhibition is presented with the support of the Sydney Environment Institute, Arts and Humanities Research Council UK, Powerhouse Museum, Mogu, Surfrider Foundation, Tony Song (Boral), the University of Newcastle and the Volpato family. Daniel Ryan co-curated it alongside Jennifer Ferng, and he explains the overall focus: “We’re keen to get out of simply looking at energy transition in terms of architecture to include how different disciplines look at it, but also to explore that there is a visual culture of energy transition too.”
‘Monumental Imaginaries’ is being held in the Tin Shed’s Gallery at the University of Sydney from October 10th until November 15th
Opening Event 10 October, 6-8pm
Photography by Richard Glover
https://www.sydney.edu.au/architecture/about/tin-sheds-gallery/monumental-imaginaries.htmles.
