Lands Tuesday 30 June 2015
Aluminium, Brass, Ceramic, Copper
References former Archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig’s unfinished Holy Name Cathedral (1927- ).
Sited on the corner of Gipps & Ann Streets, it was planned as the “largest to be built anywhere in the world since the seventeenth century”. Duhig worked with Sydney architectural firm Hennessy, Hennessy & Co on the project until The Great Depression, combined with claims of embezzlement, stalled construction through to Duhig’s death in 1965. It was to be capable of seating 4000.
Sited on the corner of Gipps & Ann Streets, it was planned as the “largest to be built anywhere in the world since the seventeenth century”. Duhig worked with Sydney architectural firm Hennessy, Hennessy & Co on the project until The Great Depression, combined with claims of embezzlement, stalled construction through to Duhig’s death in 1965. It was to be capable of seating 4000.
A
scale model of the buildings proposed dome appears to have moved throughout the
city like a Spinning Top, finally resting at the corner of Turbot
& Boundary Streets. All labour, material & plant life have been sourced
from the city of Brisbane and state of Queensland.
The artist acknowledges the following for their
assistance:
Precision Engineering & Manufacturing
Families Kennedy & Ryan
Garden Doctor Consulting
Rapid Concept Designs
United Make
United Make
T.P. Boland
Hi Jarrad,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to respectfully say that your artwork may be painful and distressing for a lot of people. I understand that this was not your intention, however the Spinning Top looks remarkably similar to scenes from war zones in Syria, Kosovo, Ukraine and other places where churches have been destroyed.
It would be ideal if you could request the council to allow you to make some updates or changes to the design so that it is not so confronting to immigrant communities from the Middle East and Eastern Europe.