The John Batman obelisk, erected in 1881, awkwardly stands at the north-east corner of the Queen Victoria Market, engraved “Circumspice [look around you]”. SIBLING constructs a convoluted and architectonic framing device around the monument, allowing it to be viewed from a range of angles to privilege views that may reveal the monument’s contested histories. Throughout the week, this framework will pull away from the structure itself to form a series of follies that will not only enable public occupation of this structure, but move around the market site and participate in other artist’s activities.
Location:
Mon 17 Oct - around John Batman monument
Tue 18 Oct - Deli Lane
Wed 19 Oct - speakers/buskers corner (corner Therry and Queen St)
Thu 20 Oct - Shed D, spaces 69-70
Fri 21 Oct - Shed L, spaces 17-18,
Sat 22 Oct - Mercat car spaces - day / Mercat footpath - night
Sunday 23 Oct - Shed A
Overnight hoarding at John Batman memorial
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Special Event: Sun 23 Oct, 12-1pm - Unmonumental: A conversation between Tony Birch, Jefa Greenawary and SIBLING
Watch: SIBLING's Timothy Moore talk about Over Obelisk.
Images courtesy the artists and Bryony Jackson.
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With special thanks to Champion Displays, Alucobond Architectural, Webforge and Accurate CNC Routing.
