The Sunbury Resource Recovery Centre is open but only accepting small loads of mixed waste. We recommend that people with large mixed waste loads go directly to the Bolinda Road Resource Recovery Centre.
Artist Robbie Rowlands was commissioned to create a public artwork as part of the redevelopment of Town Hall Broadmeadows. Making a tapered cut of the Supper Room floor, crossing diagonally from corner to corner, the boards were delicately pulled back and reformed into a new sculptural work.
The title Crossing the floor embraces the history of the Town Hall. Hosting ceremonies ranging from various social engagements through to political rallies, it was even utilised as the main showroom for early Ford car releases. Through this time the Hall was a critical community space. Crossing the floor reflects on the very act of two individuals or parties seeking to join each other through celebration, commemoration or unity. This vast surface has supported this weight through this time.
The final sculptural gesture cascades down through the front void of the hall appearing dynamic and capable of movement but frozen in time. As the gesture falls with a graceful twist, both sides of the floor sections are visible allowing the raw undersurface of preserved timber to contrast the worn waxed surface. There is a strong sense of journey here as you follow its form from end to end.
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Crossing the Floor can be visited in the foyer of Town Hall Broadmeadows, 10 Dimboola Road, Broadmeadows.