Tim Woodward
Fog horn
Cache
Melbourne
20 April, 2024
A roof plumber was called. Their appraisal revealed the building’s drainage had become clogged with a buildup of clothes and other personal items. As evidence of this, they presented a silt-slickened cotton singlet, a sun bleached mobile phone, someone’s loosely gripped table tennis paddle. The plumber recognised this decomposing medley as an accumulation of objects blown from apartment balconies above. Squeezed out of cramped tenancies like gods falling straight for their faces or spines or sides, this graceless drip feed was netted by the smaller building’s brick parapet, then slow-formed into bergs or clots, eventually blocking the gutters and downpipes.
Gravity is armature. The wire on which things are squished runs down the wall. A mud plastered bandage wrapped tight around an elbow. With nowhere else to go, rainwater redirects into ceiling cavities.
Exhibition poster designed by Ned Shannon
Featured in Yusi Zang: Eating and Living by Victoria Perin
ZT-01bulk [1], 2024
Objects fallen from apartment tower balconies and collected from city rooftops, acrylic dispenser.
71 x 43 x 15 cm
ZT-01bulk [2], 2024
Objects fallen from apartment tower balconies and collected from city rooftops, acrylic dispenser.
71 x 43 x 15 cm
ZT-01bulk [3], 2024
Objects fallen from apartment tower balconies and collected from city rooftops, acrylic dispenser.
71 x 43 x 15 cm