The project, by internationally renowned British artist Tim Knowles, and curated by Katie Dyer, NAS Curator, will also feature a temporary ‘Windlab’ now open to the public, and a series of ‘Windwalks’ where participants wear helmets fixed with weathervanes and move around the city in whichever direction the wind takes them.
The paths of the Windwalkers will be tracked by GPS and fed back to the Windlab at the National Art School Gallery. The first Windwalk, for 30 participants, will take place on 30 September to coincide with the City’s public art festival, Art & About Sydney. The second event, for 100 participants, will be held in March next year with the drawings will be displayed live on a big screen in Taylor Square.
The constantly shifting canopy suspended above Taylor Square will be known as the WindGrid and will be in place from 19 September to 14 May 2013.
The Windlab, to be housed at the National Art School Gallery just off Taylor Square, will be open from 10am-4pm, Monday to Saturday, from 30 August to 13 October 2012.
The Windlab presents art works and a public archive of wind observations, images, videos and stories from the artist, local community and visitors to the area. It will also host a forum on the myriad ways wind impacts our society and environment, featuring scientists, surfers and sailors, as well as an artist talk by Tim Knowles.
Tim’s first talk will be in the Windlab on Saturday, 1 September at 2pm.
People are invited to contribute to the Windlab archive through the facebook page Windlab- Tim-Knowles.
Tim Knowles’s career as a contemporary visual and installation artist has spanned nearly 20 years and seen him develop critically acclaimed works in Britain, Europe, North and South America and Australia.
Tim’s fascination with natural phenomena, particularly wind, has taken him on hot air balloon expeditions, excursions to the tallest mountain peaks in Scotland, Ireland and Wales. He has also undertaken a research trip to Afghanistan with the Royal Marines.
He has previously held three wind walks in England and one in Finland – all of which attracted significant crowds.
Tim Knowles says:
“My work utilises external forces beyond my control to generate and direct the work. It seeks to investigate these forces and reveal hidden or invisible aspects of the world around us.
The series of works presented in Sydney examine wind which by its very nature embodies many of the aspects my work explores; the wind can not be seen (only its effects are visible), it can not be controlled, we don’t know where it has come from or where it goes, it operates on a delicate micro scale and a global level. Wind is part of an incredible dynamic system in constant flux.”
The City of Sydney and the National Art School are committed to developing long-lasting partnerships and collaborations with artists and local organisations and businesses.
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Source: http://www.habitusliving.com/connect/tim-knowles-taylor-square-project
