Sunday, May 18, 2008

Where There's Smoke...

Remember when smoke billowed from suburban-backyard incinerators? Before recycle bins and hard-rubbish collections, these freestanding brick chimneys regularly launched flakes of ash into the breeze, to float over to the neighbours’ hills hoist – freshly strung with washing.

Industrial incinerators inspire a similar sentimentality, especially ones designed by Walter Burley Griffin. He lavished the same design nous on projects large and small: from entire cities (Canberra) to theatres (the Capitol) and rubbish-tip incinerators.

More than just a monument though, this Incinerator (with the city tip still operating next door) was ‘recycled’ into a multiarts venue. And it’s Arts Week in Moonee Valley, so among other things, you’ll also see aRtECYLE, which is rubbish. Really. Refashioned into outdoor sculptures.

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