In Through the Out Door reimagines 3 rear doorways in city laneways on Market Row and Mullins Street, between Clarence and York streets. Through colour and pattern the artworks play with the experience of people walking in the city, probing their unconscious memory of places and spaces across and through its streets. The colours and patterns created by the tiles and lighting seem to describe pieces of the city that are strangely familiar. Each doorway weaves together iconic fragments from elsewhere into a new visual experience, transforming laneways once neglected and forgotten, reminding us that cities are never fully known.
By citing other existing works of art and architecture, Callum Morton’s In Through the Out Door is a rare artwork that makes sense of what has come before. It is deeply embedded, concealed behind Sydney Town Hall and the Queen Victoria Building which it cites, to ensure a memorable experience of discovery.
Callum Morton worked with Monash Art Projects and Gorilla Constructions to deliver this artwork. The City of Sydney acknowledges the support of building owners who make this public art intervention possible.
Commissioned by The City of Sydney, Curated by Barbara Flynn
Text courtesy of The City of Sydney.
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