er pavilion

in collaboration with Brendan Moore, Melissa Cameron, Syrinx, and ICS Australia

2023 Fremantle Biennale SIGNALS

Under the shadow of the Roundhouse and adjacent to the swelling Wardan (ocean) sat briefly the Er pavilion – a design collaboration between Whadjuk Noongar Traditional Owner Brendan Moore, jeweller Melissa Cameron, Nature-based Technology, Innovation and Solutions by Syrinx, and builder/principal sponsor ICS Australia.This temporal pavilion connected communities, ephemeral structures, disparate fragments, and time using the theme

subSignals.n It used a process of layering palimpsest, patterns, and poetry – a macro/micro orchestration that investigated place to bring the pavilion to life.

The proposition was a straightforward assembly of components, each repurposed after the Biennale. Crafted from remnant timbers salvaged from the Fremantle Port's A-shed, tethered to the quarried limestone ground by its own weight, covered by a shimmering, billowing ceiling animated by Walyalup keniny (winds) – and adorned with washed-up detritus threads from Bathers Beach.

Atop the structure, a solar desalination system siphoned the salt water, with Ngarngk (mother/sun) separating water and salt so the pavilion's guests could be replenished.

For more about the Er Pavilion

Builder and Principle Sponsor

ICS Australia

Sponsors

Alti Lighting

Archaeus

City of Fremantle

Fcubed

Forth Consulting

University of Notre Dame, Architecture

University of Notre Dame , Dr Linda Davies

vA Project team