Will Heathcote, Syhthesis (vaulted sequence), 2010. Existing Pepperbery Trees, plastic packing wrap, tape
Selected to be part of the 2010 Victoria Harbour Young Artist Initiative. Participating Artists included; Jethro Harcourt, Sarah Jane Haywood, Linda Spencer, Amie Anderson, Ben Taranto and Will Heathcote. See links for further information
http://blog.vca.unimelb.edu.au/2012/06/22/rising-the-victorian-harbour-young-artist-initiative/
Synthesis aims to foreground organic form and its role in architectural space. By transforming the surface of a tree into one which reflects synthetic integrity, it plays on relationship of surface, substance and form. Although decorative and visually striking it also projects a synthesised form of organism in a composed and designed environment. With the overhung branches of the plants coming to resemble the structure of an enclosed pathway or vaulted aisle, I foresee them being illuminated not as trees but as preordained fixtures in a planed landscape. Drawing on a wealth of architectural history from the Romanesque column to the surrounding Docklands facades, the new surface will cast the trees into a new state of being. Approached and entered from either end, this arrangement will be illuminated as a structured space of classical dimensions and forced composition.
