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
