Maschi Fontana: Rising Lotus at Night Feast
Brisbane Powerhouse isn't usually home to glowing pyramids — but it is during its debut Night Feast.
Overview
Brisbane Powerhouse's new Night Feast, which enjoys its first-ever run throughout March, isn't just about having something to eat when the sun goes down. Yes, that's what the name says; however, the night market has some leeway around that. Given the place hosting it, of course a hefty serving of arts was also going to be part of the program.
So, from running 4.30–9.30pm Wednesday–Sunday between Wednesday, March 1–Sunday, March 26 — for its first two weeks, then starting at 2pm on Saturdays and Sundays from Saturday, March 18 — Night Feast is filled with stunning installations, too. One such piece hails from Maschi Fontana and gives the New Farm venue something different, even just for a month: towering pyramids.
Markus Ravik
This feast sure is going big — with Amanda Parer's gargantuans thanks to Fantastic Planet, and also with Rising Lotus. The latter features large triangle sculptures, which look retro-futuristic with their shape, glow and haze.
As for Maschi Fontana, it's a collaboration between artists Tom Mùller and Jean-Thomas Vannotti, and focuses on combining spiritual and cult practices from years gone by with technological and environmental notions to come. Harking back to ancient Egypt but looking like it could've stepped straight out of a futuristic movie, Rising Lotus nails the brief.
Coogee
Top image: Lachlan Douglas.
