'Open Monument comprises of two artworks: a 33 laser-etched granite panelled work Transculture; and Timeline which extends over 40 meters and depicts the major contributions of the Chinese community in Ballarat, every decade from 1850 until the present. The timeline then folds out with anticipation to 2710. In Transculture, a number of social themes have been addressed by the artist. These include: alternative world vies, nature, women, modernity and leisure, translational, mining, food, civics and citizenship, law and order, welfare and religion.'—description taken from the book
This book includes descriptions and the artist's notes on the 33 panels of the work Transculture, with a 'Timeline of Chinese contributions to Ballarat' listing events from the 1850s to 2010s associating with the work Timeline.
Onsite
English, 
Chinese - Traditional
collective memory,  history,  diaspora
42
1
artist monograph, 
catalogue
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