Tom Borgas sculpture at Mount Monument
Tom Borgas sculpture at Mount Monument

Tom Borgas

Tom Borgas has a practice that extends across multiple fields, including gallery shows, project-based installations, private commissions, performance, education, temporary and permanent public art.

Originally exhibited as a maquette at Stockroom Gallery in Kyneton, this work was developed as a fragment of the Active Forms series of works, shown as part of the inaugural Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial in 2018. Conceived as a means of reframing the activity of its site, this work was initially constructed using 3D software where the objects were given the qualities of wooden sculptures and dropped into place using an animation process. This virtual event provided the basis for the fabrication and installation of the work’s existence in real life across two different sites in the township.

As an architecturally scaled iteration of an original fragment, this sculpture stands as a lasting testament to an initially immaterial action. Its vibrant, Klein blue colouration enhances the geometry of the sculpture by capturing and reflecting the shifting light and weather of the surrounding landscape.

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