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Lyndal Jones: Climate Change, Performance and the Avoca Project
Author: Malcolm Bywaters
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Bywaters, Malcolm.
Lyndal jones biography
“Lyndal Jones: Climate Change, Performance and the Avoca Project.” Fusion Journal, no. 4, 2014.
Abstract
The Avoca Project (2005–15) by Lyndal Jones is a broad communal artwork based on a German prefabricated house which was transported in 1850 to the small Australian town of Avoca in Victoria.
The artist purchased the house in 2004. The site, however, is more than a house;it is a place where Jones and visiting artists-in-residence (Australian and international),academics and members of the local community can gather to consider the impact of climate change and environmental sustainability. Jones’s 2010 performance, Rehearsing Catastrophe #1: The Ark in Avoca, illustrates her belief in The Avoca Project as a hub for environmental discussion.
This performative video work exemplifies Jones’s reasons for utilising art as a powerful expressi