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‘Carbon Obscura’ To Stimulate Thought On Climate Change

A large sculptural installation erected in the courtyard at the Latrobe Regional Gallery will be open to the public from Monday 5 January to Friday 27 February 2009.

By Latrobe City. - 24th December 2008 - Back to News

‘Carbon Obscura’ is an immersive light experience which envelops participants, creating a magical environment of dancing patterns of sunlight that people rarely have the opportunity to enjoy.

The installation, created by the celebrated artist Lloyd Godman, is based on a camera obscura, and is a physical representation in light of a combination of a cooling tower and a coal mine into which people can enter.

Gallery team leader, Bryony Nainby, said the piece has been created by a skeleton of pipework covered in black plastic with a myriad of tiny holes pushed through it in a stunning design.

"Viewed from the inside, the piece creates a dramatic effect as the light penetrates and is captured by smoke that is generated inside the work," Ms Nainby explained.

The work has been commissioned as part of ‘The Grid – Epicentre’, a Green Expectations project that aims to raise awareness and discussion about climate change.

Latrobe Regional Gallery is located at 138 Commercial Road, Morwell, and is open Monday to Friday 10am-5pm, and on weekends 11am–4pm. The gallery is closed public holidays and from 4pm Wednesday 24 December 2008 until 10am Monday 5 January 2009. Entry is free.

Source: www.gippsland.com

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