KORBAN FLAUBERT

TRACK, REACT, CONTACT

'TRACE' IS A WALL SCULPTURE IN THE MCLACHLAN STREET FOYER LEADING THE VISITOR OR RESIDENT INTO THE ADVANX SITE. IT USES AN EMPHATIC TRACKING GEOMETRY TO SUGGEST MOVEMENT PATHS PAST AND PRESENT. THE SITE HAS BEEN RELATIVELY INACTIVE FOR A LONG PERIOD BUT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT NEW PATHS AND POINTS OF INTERACTION. THIS PIECE PICKS UP ON NEW MOVEMENT PATTERNS BUT SUGGESTS THE REACTIVATION ALSO REFERS TO THE ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL PHASE OF THE SITE AS THE ADVANX TYRE FACTORY. A TRACE OF MOVEMENT PATHS PAST AND PRESENT.

TRACE IS A MUSCULAR PIECE IN FAT PLANES OF STAINLESS STEEL, ITS GEOMETRY TRACKING, SHIFTING, REACTING AND CHANGING DIRECTION. A SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND CONTAINED ENERGY ACCOMPANIES THE VIEWER AS THEY WALK THROUGH THE FOYER. THE FOLDED PLANES OF THE PIECE PICK UP REFLECTED LIGHT IN A RANDOM SEQUENCE.