SPATIAL DECONSTRUCTION #23 (RESILIENCE), 2021 to 2023.
SWANSTON ST, MELBOURNE, WURUNDJERI COUNTRY, Australia

spatial deconstruction #23 (resilience), 2021 to 2023
synthetic polymer paint on precast facade
120 metres long x 7metres height (wraps Swanston St and Flinders Lane facades)
Commissioned by Metro Tunnel Creative Program + Cross Yarra Partnership

CITY SQUARE, Melbourne, Australia
Curated by Global Arts Projects

In the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, Coulter’s ‘spatial deconstruction #23 (resilience)’, was commissioned by the Metro Tunnel for its’ Melbourne, City Square acoustic shed location, from 2021 to 2023.

Through a painted intervention on the building facade, awarded through a highly competitive process, Emma Coulter, created a unique site specific work, extending upon her series of spatial deconstruction works that she has been making since early 2014.

The site-specific work, aimed to reflect the social context of this time of crisis in Melbourne’s’ history, during the global pandemic. A time from March, 2020, to October, 2021, when Melbourne is said to have been the most locked down city in the world.

Through highly chromatic, warped, geometric sequences that traverse a whole city block, the work was intended by the artist, as a gesture of resilience and hope, for Melbourne’s diverse communities. It was often featured as a backdrop to the news, and daily covid counts, acting as a page holder for this unique period in Melbourne’s history.

Photo Credits: Charlie Kinross, courtesy of Metro Tunnel Creative program.