Negative Space
Negative Space examines the relationship between time, memory and place. Set in Bogong Village located in North East Victoria. This purpose-built village was established in 1939 as field headquarters for the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme. In the 1940s, it was a thriving town with facilities to support 300 workers and their families. Over the ensuing decades, the town’s focus shifted from an industrial hub to a holiday destination. Today, Bogong is a remote community consisting of a few permanent residents and limited infrastructure, with its primary use being seasonal holiday accommodation.
Negative Space reflects on the impact this transformation has had on the village. It uses fading and disintegrating imagery to underscore the crepuscular space of a still village inhabited by nocturnal creatures and atmospheric effects cast by streetlights and moonlight to convey the sense of dislocation, isolation and emptiness wrought by the decentralisation of the villages population and industry.
Negative Space: 2017
14 minutes
HD video, 5.1-channels audio
Negative Space reflects on the impact this transformation has had on the village. It uses fading and disintegrating imagery to underscore the crepuscular space of a still village inhabited by nocturnal creatures and atmospheric effects cast by streetlights and moonlight to convey the sense of dislocation, isolation and emptiness wrought by the decentralisation of the villages population and industry.
Negative Space: 2017
14 minutes
HD video, 5.1-channels audio
