Leisuretime I: a photographic installation cruising down the Yarra River

Put together by artists Aaron Claringbold and Rebecca McCauley a photographic installation on the Yarra/ Birrarung River titled Leisuretime I is opening later this month. 

Leisuretime I, which will take place inside an operating tourist ferry on the Birrarung/Yarra River has been created as a site-specific photographic experience. 

Set against the backdrop of the floodplains now known as Melbourne city, the work has been designed to explore the ways that photography has shaped contemporary ideas around the use of natural spaces. 

Viewers will float along the river while seated within a camera obscura set up inside the tourist ferry, which will allow them to experience the surroundings reversed and upside-down, projected onto the vessel walls. 

Originally set to debut at the Next Wave Festival 2020 and then postponed due to the pandemic, the opening of the photographic experience on the river has been a long time coming. 

Details: 
Leisuretime I
Aaron Claringbold & Rebecca Mccauley
Sun 27 & Tues 29 March
Berth 2, Federation Wharf, Princes Walk (in front of Riverland)

If you’re interested to checking out this experience, you can buy tickets here. 

About the artists:

Living and working in Melbourne/ Naarm, Claringbold and Mccauley are photographic artists who have shared interests in using art to explore ideas about land, land use, ecology and human presence within modern day ‘Australia’.