Presenting work by Australian and international artists including a number of new commissions, 1.85 Million: Art Peripheries makes cross-cultural and geographical comparisons and connections between social experiences of urban and suburban environments. This exhibition furthers this idea of marginalism by exploring idiosyncratic visions and those living outside of the mainstream.

The title of this sculpture, ‘Structure for Peripheral Visions’ reflects how modernist ideals are utilized by counter culture and outsider living strategies.  It exists both as Geometric sculpture in the guise of minimalism and simultaneously as a conceptual piece based on instructions and possible uses. The idea of erecting temporary structures that provides the artist with a strategic zone for practice, research and alternate living challenges dependency on the authority of metropolitan and institutional centers. The structure presents a number of references to modern and contemporary artists whilst pointing towards new potential happenings.  

       To undertake a project following a set of Instructions can fall under the umbrella of what in 1969 Allan Kaprow termed a Happening. In Kaprow's own words a Happening is “..an activity, event or situation with no prescribed audience, peppered with socially significant messages, carrying nuances of protest and considered as artworks”.  The Happening that is being undertaken in this project involves re-enacting a construction based on Ken Isaacs 1956 -1973 Living Structures project. Following the plans and instructions set out by Isaacs the happening occurs not as a social intervention or public protest but as a process to initiate a model Temporary Autonomous Zone within the museum architecture.

Creating a Temporary Autonomous Zone is described by anarchist writer Hakim Bey, as the socio-political tactic of creating temporary spaces that elude formal structures of control. It is only in its temporality that this structure can exist as a model for an autonomous zone. In the formation of a T.A.Z, Bey argues, information becomes a key tool that sneaks into the cracks of formal procedures. A new territory of the moment is created that is on the boundary line of established regions. Any attempt at permanence that goes beyond the moment deteriorates to a structured system that inevitably stifles individual creativity. It is this chance at creativity that is real empowerment. The process of construction itself is an important aspect of the work not just as the necessary action taken to make something happen but as an architectural craft form that parodies the build your own house, house and land package DIY idea. To do something uniquely Australian as an artist on the perimeter is to build your own house. However, that tradie dream, an Australian rite of passage is reduced to a minimalist sculpture that communicates on more than one level.