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The piece is in part a celebration of people returning to the city to live, as symbolised through the domesticity of the clothes peg and line. As the train approached Flinders Street on my daily trip into the city, I would look up and see a massive frame. Initially, as I watched it, I thought it was connected to the facade of a building, but as the train continued to move the frame appeared to also move. To my excitement it ‘came out’ of the building, a freestanding frame atop Number 11 Exhibition Street, overlooking and framing our city.

 

As an empty frame, it has the potential to represent a visual story that is Melbourne, perhaps to frame some future building, some future story, similar to how it currently frames the past. Also framed is the diversity of the people that make up this city today. Positioned at certain entrances, the work frames various city icons as well as highlighting the role that Federation Square plays as a ‘linking’ architectural icon and centre of cultural activity.Educated at James Cook University in Queensland and currently at the Victorian College of the Arts, Isaac has exhibited in Melbourne.