John Wardle Architects: Somewhere Other

Overview

Peer through a portal and experience a whole new perspective with this immersive exhibition at NGV Australia. Located in the gallery's Federation Square foyer, this unique piece consists of five distinct works ranging from film to hand-blown glass sculpture, all housed in an intriguing architectural creation of timber and steel.

Visitors make their way around the structure, peering at each work through one of five seperate portals. Each portal shaping the visitor's experience in entirely new ways, as the act of viewing becomes warped and reflected by everything from mirrors to a long timber cantilever reminiscent of a Venetian mask.

A collaboration between John Wardle Architects, filmmakers Coco and Maximilian and New York based Australian artist Natasha Johns-Messenger, Somewhere Other was first shown at the 16th International Architecture Biennale of Venice, and now makes its way to Melbourne as part of the third annual Melbourne Design Week.

Image: Tom Ross.