Visit

69 Capel Street, West Melbourne VIC 3003

Open 12pm-5pm, Thursday - Sunday

Access

KINGS Artist-Run is a wheelchair accessible venue. Unfortunately, there is no wheelchair accessible toilet. Please contact the gallery with any access requirements and we will endeavour to support your visit.
KINGS Artist-Run Social Story

Email ›
Facebook ›
Twitter ›
Instagram ›

Subscribe To Our Newsletter







About

Kings Artist-Run provides a location for contemporary art practice, supporting distinctive experimental projects by artists at all stages of their careers.
More information ›

KINGS Artist-Run acknowledges the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate.

We offer our respect to Elders both past and present and extend this offer to all Australian First Nations people.

Ridge crest fire fountain (brittle-ductile transition zone)

Hannah Hallam-Eames


25 April 2024–26 May 2024

Ridge crest fire fountain (brittle-ductile transition zone) stems from five years of research into the newest and oldest volcanic terrain on earth. This sculptural installation is a fictional underground magmatic chamber which includes a volcanic ash fountain, marble space/time portals and mineral deposits. This exhibition was conceived from a month-long hike/field trip crossing from the north-south of Iceland and consequent encounters with lava fields, volcanic glaciers, obsidian deserts and camping next to the Litli Hrútur eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The installation is embedded with fragments of automatic diagrams, thoughts and speculations which occurred during this solitary research period and were informed by having limited resources for survival.

 

This installation is made from various volcanic and geological materials, such as chemical compounds, marble and metals. The processes of making the installation replicate geological formations through deep space and time, such as stone and metal casting (magma cycles), carving stone (erosion) and making recycled plastic panels (sedimentary rock formation). The installation functions as a seismic deformation of images, concepts and aesthetics found in environmental science, art and occultist practices.

Exhibition text available here.

See all projects by:


  • Hannah Hallam-Eames’s ongoing research unfolds as a metamorphic journey that spans across space and time. This research encompasses immersive installations, drawings, writings, and enigmatic objects born from meticulous field and laboratory research conducted within environments where solid geological terrains transition rapidly into liquid states. These immersive installations serve as tangible manifestations of the interplay between synthetic and natural materials. They feature a diverse range of processes, including waterjet-cut and hand-carved marble, microscopic images of Martian meteorites, live cyanobacteria, and recycled, chipped, and thermo-formed plastic waste. Most recently, Hallam-Eames was a participant in the Postnatural Independent Program with the Institute for Postnatural Studies in Madrid, as well as being selected for the Ars BioArtica science and art residency program at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in northern Finland.