Rock column holding up #9

Abstract

Since the 20th century, and with the New Materialist turn, materials used within sculptural practice have been understood to have agency. Rocks column holding up #9 extends an understanding of abfunctional material possibilities in an artwork through the synchronous engagement of Harcourt granite from the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung and glass. Here, the process of the sandwiching the hot blown glass bubble between the granite stone determines the form and shape of the glass bubble. Here a tall 1.5 metre column of granite balances the sandwiched glass which uncannily supports the weight of the top cut granite.