The Site: the Avoca flood plains

image of Avoca river in flood

The Swiss House is located on the floodplains of Avoca. Over the last 100 years the house and grounds have been flooded on a number of occasions. Using photographs from the Avoca Historical Society, and anecdotes from Avoca residents and those who had lived in the house, I determined three flood levels. These formed the basis of  a new light based installation in the form of a grid of lines of light. The second element of the installation is a 'performance of objects' whereby chairs lit with light cables form 3D drawings suspended in trees. They fall to ground as the buckets counterweighting them drain. 
The Site
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Sketches
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Installing
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