• Geoffrey Farmer, Cockatoo Clock (A Play), 2008, installation view in the 16th Biennale of Sydney 2008 at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
  Courtesy the artist and Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver.
  Photograph: Jenni Carter.
  

Geoffrey Farmer is interested in the process of making things, and in the relationship between experience and imagination. He creates structures that transform and activate the gallery space and its visitors, incorporating objects that are often in a state of flux. Cockatoo Clock (A Play) is a fictional theatrical production imagined to take place within the walls of the Museum of Contemporary Art during the Biennale. The viewer can see only glimpses of the performance, which is, for the most part, hidden. Specially built sets are exposed and can be seen through openings in the museum’s walls. The play was inspired by a found object; a small glass cabinet transformed into an imaginary clock and placed on a warehouse wall by an unknown Cockatoo Island worker. Reminiscent of avant-garde theatre, the play’s form and content become the premise and means that allow the sets and props to become the main characters.

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To open, we must close, 2008
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