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The Avoca Project  (2005–15) by Lyndal Jones is a broad communal artwork based on a German prefabricated house, transported in 1850 to the small Australian town of Avoca in rural Victoria. The Avoca Project is a place where Jones and visiting artists, academics and members of the local community can gather to deliberate the effect of climate change and regional identity within a changing Australian socio-economic rural environment.The Avoca Project bridges the divide between contemporary art practice and local community. Jones’s 2010 performance, Rehearsing Catastrophe #1: The Ark in Avoca, illustrates her belief in The Avoca Project as a keystone for environmental discussion and survival of the local community. This performative video work exemplifies Jones’s reasons for utilising art as a powerful expression of climate change and the notion of local. Under her management, The Avoca Project signposts the creative challenge of a changing natural environment and its effect upon a small regional township.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	climate change, contemporary art
Research Division:	Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
Research Group:	Visual Arts and Crafts
Research Field:	Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting)
Objective Division:	Cultural Understanding
Objective Group:	Arts and Leisure
Objective Field:	The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)
Author:	Bywaters, M (Dr Malcom Bywaters)
ID Code:	93836
Year Published:	2014
Deposited By:	Creative Arts
Deposited On:	2014-08-19
Last Modified:	2018-01-25
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