Sisyphus

An Aarhus 2017 Commission with Art Centre Silkeborg Bad.

• Investigators

  • • Professor Callum Morton
    Monash Art, Design and Architecture

• Co-investigators

  • Andre Bonnice
  • Caitlyn Parry

• Partner organisation

  • Art Centre Silkeborg Bad

• Funded by

  • Art Centre Silkeborg Bad

• Undertaken within

  • Monash Art Projects

When Callum Morton a couple of years ago for the first time visited the historic and contemporary milieu, he coincidentally re-read Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus at the same time. This lead to the developing of a new piece relating and interpreting several dimensions of the specific site – historically, architecturally and existentially. In addition, the piece is reading the myth in relation to contemporary living and a global context of society.

The old myth about Sisyphus tell about a man who as a punishment for defying the gods, had to push a rock up a mountain for eternity.

An Aarhus 2017 Commission with Art Centre Silkeborg Bad. Supported by the Obel Family Foundation and 15. Juni Foundation.