ACTIVATE 2750

Ash Keating

Friday 15th July 2011 - Saturday 20th August 2011

CCAS Gorman CUBE

In Activate 2750 Ash Keating used three truckloads of waste to activate public spaces in intriguing and confronting ways. There was the installation of the strange waste-habitat, with its precarious layers and labyrinthine fence; there were the processions by the eight trolley-men of the apocalypse, parading through town and the local Westfield cloaked in discarded fabric banners and pushing trolleys full of trash; and then there is the video itself, which brings this didactic public performance to the masses via the gallery space.

Although Activate 2750 is set in Penrith, it tells a story that has national and international gravity. It is a testament to the simple fact that the more we consume, the more waste we produce. (Annika Harding, 2011)

Image: Ash Keating, video still from Activate 2750, 2011, Video (26 minutes)