Assembled Lines Exhibition

Platform Arts presents two correlative exhibitions, each a renewed exploration into the manufacturing history of Geelong. The exhibitions Assembled Lines and Fordtown will have a free opening event on Saturday, October 19, at 4pm, at Platform Arts, Geelong. In Assembled Lines, sculptural interventionist Robbie Rowlands defines the point at which an object’s functionality is challenged and its history comes into focus, reworking abandoned Ford factory equipment. Cabinets with cut corners are still capable of standing. Sliced toolboxes allow visual access even when the lid is fixed shut. A severed locker reveals inside a remnant, vintage workshop ghetto-blaster. Sections of wardrobe veneer, marked by cut lines, are positioned inside a pair of multi-draw toolboxes. Rowlands unites the domestic (the home) with the workspace (the factory), acknowledging both environments in the context of a worker’s life. Based in Melbourne/Naarm, Robbie Rowlands explores everyday environments and materials to create immersive sculptural and media-based outcomes. With a focus on working specifically with each site and community, his outcomes develop unique awareness and connections to subjects that are often overlooked. He is best known for his sculptural interventions into pre-demolition buildings and urban, utilitarian objects. This project has been supported by a City of Greater Geelong Community Grant.