Gauge is a playground of investigation into weather, water and scale.
In the grand space of the MeatMarket, five artists and two scientists have created a contemporary wunderkammer- a curious space of exploration into a critical concern for our time.
Gauge offers audiences the chance for a hands- on encounter with an array of contemporary and historical apparatus, a collective artistic response to current debate around the water cycle and the distribution of water resources.
Created after a year spent in research and development where the team undertook a series of excursions, physically and virtually, Gauge is at once an exhibition, an installation, a catalogue, a series of performance interruptions by performers and audience, a number of talks, and a real-time data created work, all rebounding within the orchestrated space.
Created and directed by Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey, with Graeme Leak, Rosemary Joy, Cameron Robbins, Dr Michael Roderick and Associate Professor Adrian Pearce.
The initial development of this work was supported by the Inter-Arts Board of the Australia Council, and the City of Melbourne CultureLAB program.
Premieres November 2012.