The Ends is a combined vision of some of Australia’s most exciting creative talent, inhabiting the narrow seam of space between Flinders Street Station and the banks of the Yarra River – and at certain times, the river itself.
Contemporary Australian artist Shaun Gladwell is set to exhibit, premiering a new work for the project.
A striking mixed-media photographic work nestled among the landscape, Gladwell’s Maddest Maximus Invert sees a black-clad, helmeted figure strung high above the ocean defiantly resisting the waves of the Tasman Sea.
Elsewhere, a specially-commissioned sculpture and performance design from The Huxleys (Dark Mofo, Melbourne Fringe and M Pavilion) comes to the fore, inspired by abstracted elements of vintage biology illustrations. The duo’s sculptures will be installed across the site: suspended from palm trees, growing out of rooftops and on occasion, floating past on a row-boat.
Adding to the experience, Melbourne-based performance artist Gabi Barton is onboard to choreograph The Ends, meaning installations will sporadically come to life, inhabited by the movement of dancers within.
