Rear Window is one of 6 artworks commissioned by the City of Melbourne as part of its annual Laneway Commissions. As a series of site-specific contemporary art projects across the CBD, the Laneway Commissions engage deeply with Melbourne's distinct topography, providing artists with an opportunity to contribute to the interpretation of the urban environment.
In the windows of Guildford Lane Gallery you will discover one of these works. Rear Window is a video installation exploring the role of laneways in the contemporary working lives of people in Chinatown. With often long, unsociable hours, many work behind closed doors and in the kitchens that open onto the back alleys of Melbourne. The private and contemplative moments of workers taking a break have been transformed into slow motion video portraits that appear unexpectedly on windows and doorways in three of the city's bustling alleyways.
Location: Guildford and Flanigan Lanes (either side of Guildford Lane Gallery, off Queen and Sutherland streets between Little Lonsdale and La Trobe streets) and Croft Alley (enter via Paynes Place, off Little Bourke Street between Russell and Exhibition streets).
In the windows of Guildford Lane Gallery you will discover one of these works. Rear Window is a video installation exploring the role of laneways in the contemporary working lives of people in Chinatown. With often long, unsociable hours, many work behind closed doors and in the kitchens that open onto the back alleys of Melbourne. The private and contemplative moments of workers taking a break have been transformed into slow motion video portraits that appear unexpectedly on windows and doorways in three of the city's bustling alleyways.
Location: Guildford and Flanigan Lanes (either side of Guildford Lane Gallery, off Queen and Sutherland streets between Little Lonsdale and La Trobe streets) and Croft Alley (enter via Paynes Place, off Little Bourke Street between Russell and Exhibition streets).