The artist made Spatial Specifications, Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne in 1994 and first exhibited the artwork in 1994 in well actually at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. Spatial Specifications, Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne is a standalone artwork. The artwork's medium is watercolour and lead pencil on paper, and comprises of component/s measuring, overall, 50.5h cm x 2.5w m. Spatial Specifications, Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne is in a private collection: Melbourne, 1994
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fig. 5 – library: Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne
Arriving late at the cafe, apologetically approaching him waiting, she sees the camera resting on the table. They launch into a familiar patter of conversation: she forgets to ask about the camera.
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fig. 5 – library: Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne
Chatter, ground coffee, taped music – a piano – ascending descending staircases somewhere else, tables dragged along the bare concrete floor, ‘excuse me, will you be using this chair’, bottles of gold and blackened wine in rows along the white walls, glistening.
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fig. 5 – library: Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne
They are talking, he picks up the camera and unannounced, unexplained, he takes a photograph. He does this once, twice, many times; noting down the time of each in a pad.
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fig. 5 – library: Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne
She is bemused, but refrains from asking – he from telling.
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fig. 5 – library: Fitzroy Street St. Kilda, Melbourne
Time to depart, she refrains no longer, begins to ask – but falters: ceased by thoughts whispering ‘hopefully’. It was whenever she’d said ‘hopefully’ amidst speaking that he’d taken a photograph.
He says: ‘Sorry, what did you say’. She says: ‘Oh, I’ll tell you tomorrow’. They pay their bill and leave.
[floorplan details]
rooms for viewing the photographed spaces of spoken words beginning with … b. c. d. e. f. , i. j. k. l. m. o. p. q. r. s. u. v. w. x. y.
rooms in which art indexed the time and place of spoken words beginning with … b. c. d. e. f. , i. j. k. l. m. o. p. q. r. s. u. v. w. x. y.
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| 04/05/1994 | well actually, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |