Using equipment salvaged from Geelong’s Ford Factory, artist Robbie Rowlands defines the point at which the functionality of an object is challenged and its history comes into focus. Cabinets with cut corners are still capable of standing. Sliced toolboxes allow visual access even when the lid is fixed shut. A severed locker reveals inside a remnant, vintage workshop ghetto-blaster. Sections of wardrobe veneer, marked by cut lines, are positioned inside a pair of multi-draw toolboxes. Robbie Rowlands’ sculptural interventions unite the domestic (the home) with the workspace (the factory), acknowledging both environments in the context of a worker’s life. 

In ‘Assembled Lines,’ artist Robbie Rowlands deeply considers renewed purpose when working with found objects, forging one that places us at the centre of the work through trace elements of interaction. Rowlands is best known for his sculptural interventions into pre-demolition buildings and utilitarian objects such as urban street poles. His repetitious and precise cuts—and the resulting distortions—reflect the inescapable passing of time that affects everything around us. Rowlands' manipulated objects and spaces blur the boundaries between our fabricated world and the natural world.

This publication was designed by David Hagger

This project has been supported by The City of Greater Geelong Community Grant & Platform Arts