Boundary

2005

Dwell 24/7 initiative in conjunction with Domain 2005, a temporary public art project. Parliamentary Zone, Canberra, ACT.

A thirty five metre long, black fence made from capped star pickets that ran diagonally across Constitution Park bisecting the park.

Boundary, limits, ... that which serves to indicate the limits of anything. Based on the concept of separation, and issues surrounding movement-restricted, Boundary explores emotional impact caused by physical barriers which force beings to remain in one place.

The boundary segment may evoke a regional landscape where charred saplings and fences cast long shadows. However, spaced in an impenetrably dense alignment, the posts may also allude to imprisoning bars, - echoes of a protectionist and penal past, - and today - the inhumane policies of detainment.