Platform Hero Billboard, Melbourne. 04 May – 01 Nov 2017.Lou Hubbard
“Hubbard’s Accidental Hero is an image transported to Australia from Antwerp as a portal that folds in space and time: a window, turned billboard, turned window, turned portal. Accidental Hero loops site and purpose; the image taken from footage filmed by the artist at the historic lockkeeper’s house in Antwerp (now an international artist’s residency).
Hubbard has created a troupe l’ceil, not painted, a photographic still from Angle of Incidence, a video work in progress. The visible ‘control bar’ acts as a nod to the prominent barcode feature on the building.
With Accidental Hero, Hubbard has bricked-up a Melbourne billboard with a slice of Antwerp history. Standing in the open window, our accidental hero is a long way from the port of Antwerp. He stands in full view of Russell Street, like other figures seen on high: popes, royalty, despots, rockstars, even Julian Assange.
An unassuming image at first glance, Accidental Hero is open to multiple readings over time and conditions, brick upon brick.“
*text sourcedocumentor: kerry leonard camera: lx100
