It does not concern my initial idea If the material, the frozen forms are temporal, it is what they express at any given moment within their journey… my journey… audiences journey which matters.
We as the materials only mark time as the journey through our own history.
On last Friday evening as the Plain trees showered the city with their whirly bird pollens... the north winds quietened and the spring rain danced upon the streets, and for a moment we shared the juxtaposition of everything as one...
Gav Barbey 2010
HATE LOVE featured two 150 litre organic pigmented ice-blocks, placed on the corner of Rutledge Lane and Hosier Lane, alongside an installation at Until Never that includes 500 pigmented ice melts on cotton rag.
Gavin Barbey is one of the most versatile figures within the Australian arts scene. The international artist and filmmaker has created more than 10 films since graduating from NIDA, and works across a wide range of media, most recently creating large scale public works and exhibitions in New York.
click here for REST ice melt
click here for HATE LOVE at Until Never