George Akl

As people and nature engage in a dance to settle on country, the choreography is indelibly mapped onto the landscape. Horizon Stave was an impromptu, FIFO, tongue-in-cheek visual observation on the landscape of Iluka.

 

The act of seeing is perverted to unravel the complex culture of incongruent architecture that is continually struggling against the ferocity of the natural world. The irony that these places became destinations for vacations, providing freedom from duty, is untangled by the senseless perception of images. Demanding interrogation, to be enjoyed.

 

Sparking a conversation amongst members of the community about the architectural footprint emotions can leave on the landscape, Horizon Stave invites a cheeky severing of the past to re-imagine the future of this small settlement on the cusp of a massive cultural transition.​