Clocks have been installed in many places and are electronically controlled by a master clock, 2023, analogue convex lens wall clock
Fagged Out (Night Duty), 2023, written by Nurse O’Driscoll c.1907 and reproduced from Trainee Nurse’s Notebook from Royal Perth Hospital Museum, Dulux ‘Imperator’
Six o’clock in the morning, twenty-five cups of tea and a judicious variety of flowers (detail), 2023, banksia flowers, eucalyptus leaves, bombshell casing vase loaned from the Royal Perth Hospital Museum, tea trolley loaned from the City of Melville Heathcote Collection
Tea trolley (detail), City of Melville Heathcote Collection
No visitors past this point, 2023, mirrored acrylic and Dulux ‘Domain’ on pine
No visitors past this point, 2023, mirrored acrylic and Dulux ‘Domain’ on pine. Six o’clock in the morning, twenty-five cups of tea and a judicious variety of flowers, 2023, banksia flowers, eucalyptus leaves, bombshell casing vase loaned from the Royal Perth Hospital Museum, tea trolley loaned from the City of Melville Heathcote Collection
Lisa Liebetrau and Shannon Lyons, One hundred cups of tea in Swan Ward, 2023, Taylors of Harrogate ‘Yorkshire Tea’ and Dulux ‘Domain’ on gallery walls
The beautiful is useful, 2023. Goolugatup Heathcote, Perth, WA
Curated by Brent Harrison
The beautiful is useful brings together new artworks by Lisa Liebetrau and Shannon Lyons that investigate the history of the Point Heathcote Reception Home. Liebetrau and Lyons explore Heathcote’s progressive approach to the treatment of mental illness and the lived experiences of its nurses and patients and have investigated the institutional history of Heathcote by delving into the rich archive of objects, images, and oral histories held in the City of Melville’s Heathcote Collection. By immersing themselves in the collection and responding to the built environment of the site, Liebetrau and Lyons pay homage to the caregiving environment that existed at the hospital and present a series of site-responsive works.
This exhibition is presented as part of TILT, an annual site-responsive commission presented by Goolugatup Heathcote and the City of Melville. This project was assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Photo: Dan McCabe
Acknowledgements: JC, Gina Capes, Emma Mroz, Sarah Toohey, Michelle Campbell, Julia Crook, Miranda Johnson