Using equipment salvaged from Geelong’s Ford Factory, artist Robbie Rowlands defines the point at which the functionality of an object is challenged and its history comes into focus. Cabinets with cut corners are still capable of standing. Sliced toolboxes allow visual access even when the lid is fixed shut. A severed locker reveals inside a remnant, vintage workshop ghetto-blaster. Sections of wardrobe veneer, marked by cut lines, are positioned inside a pair of multi-draw toolboxes. Robbie Rowlands’ sculptural interventions unite the domestic (the home) with the workspace (the factory), acknowledging both environments in the context of a worker’s life.

Exhibition dates: OCT 19 to NOV 30 2024

Opening event: Saturday, 19 OCT @4PM
Platform Arts | 60 Little Malop St, Djillong/Geelong.

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