The Catchments Project

The City of Melbourne’s Creative Spaces program has established a studio at the Carlton Connect Initiative’s (CCI), LAB-14, with the specific intention of positioning artists amongst researchers, academics and entrepreneurs addressing issues of sustainability and resilience.

During their residency artists Symons and Targett will create three new research based works that address the challenge and complexity of Climate Change Adaptation surrounding reduced rainfall and drought. Making Water Visible, The Water Harvest and Getting Busy, focus on innovative ways of visualising, contributing to and enhancing Melbourne’s waterways and catchments.

The Catchments Project is a part of the Art+Climate=Change Festival: April – May 2015.

Research Overview-

Artwork 1 – Making Water Visible, will map Melbourne’s existing natural water system, making the unseen network of organic resources and ground water catchments visible.

Artwork 2 – The Water Harvest is an interactive installation that actively educates/engages the community to contribute to The City of Melbourne’s strategy to harvest 30% of water from alternative sources by 2018.

Artwork 3 – Getting Busy is a research project to produce an artwork that seeks to find new ways to engage the public in the health of our waterways and mitigate pollutant levels (The City of Melbourne’s 20% Nitrogen reduction target by 2018).



The artists would like to invite residents and workers from the City of Melbourne to contribute to their research and artwork.

To find out how to be involved please go to -
http://thecatchmentsproject.com/

Visitors are welcome to drop into the studio and view the development of the artworks and research in progress during studio open hours –
Open Hours:

You can drop in your water samples to the reception at LAB-14:

9am-5pm Monday - Friday.

The artist studio at LAB-14 is open for water collection:

10am – 2pm every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

till 16 April 2015