made in nowa nowa

hole 2: the devil’s hole (in-one)
lake tyers. nowa nowa
The story of this installation begins with the Lake Tyers legend of two
women disappearing down a sinkhole near the Devil’s Hole, and the bodies
reappearing in another lake a few kilometres away.
Set in a large farm shed, the installation has some planned and pre-made
elements, but also some more ad-hoc pieces created from material sourced
around the site.
Through an opening in the roof, a large wind-driven pendulum is free to
swing around chaotically in the space. The wind catcher on the top is a form
derived from the trig point marker on Mount Nowa Nowa, and a heavily
engineered gimbal bearing allows the fluid movement in response to the
wind. Attached to the aluminium shaft are several cables and pulleys, which
are set up to create sounds with scrapers moving across metal surfaces,
including old saw blades from the sawmill.
On the sloping floor is a map of the root-shaped Lake Tyers. The Devil’s
Hole is accurately positioned on the lake, and is also the minigolf hole. The
ball is hit to the hole, and then sinks down through hidden pipes to emerge in
Mystery Lake (outside the shed), said to be where the bodies re-emerged.0