Treatment Night and Day event was held on 21 and 22 April 2023
Focusing on the histories, technologies and communities of our wastewater infrastructure in Melbourne’s west, Treatment III will bring together leading and emerging artists to develop and present public art installations, film, sculpture, and performance works.
Announcing artists James Nguyen, Linda Tegg, Robert Andrew and Zanny Begg, alongside their collaborators, will be presenting major commissions in Brooklyn, Spotswood and at Scienceworks Museum/The Old Pumping Station.
Following three weeks of events at sites along the pipeline and previous iterations of Treatment; Treatment III will culminate in a Night and Day event at the Western Treatment Plant on April 21-22. Events will take over multiple locations at the Western Treatment Plant, Werribee featuring artists Anindita Banerjee, Edwina Stevens, Eugenia Lim, Fiona Hillary, Georgina Lewis, Mick Douglas, Peter Burke and Rogue Academy.
Wyndham audiences are invited to come and celebrate a day in the life of the plant and discover how these systems and technologies connect us through live performances and public artworks.
Acknowledgements:
Treatment III is curated by Public Art Commission (Deakin University) in partnership with Wyndham City and Melbourne Water, supported by partners the Westgate Neighbourhood Fund, Hobsons Bay City, and Scienceworks.
Background on Treatment III
Treatment III is the third installment of an adventurous public art project developed by Public Art Commission through Deakin University in conjunction with Wyndham City Council, Melbourne Water, the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund, Scienceworks and Hobsons Bay City Council. The third chapter of this ongoing series will take place across 2023 and looks to capitalise on the success of the 2015 and 2017 public art projects held at the Western Treatment Plant (WTP), Werribee. The project uses contemporary art practice in its myriad forms – performance, video, installation, sculpture, sound, photography – to investigate and celebrate the technologies, histories and communities of the waste water infrastructures in Melbourne’s west.
A project designed to celebrate the unique features, communities, technologies and ecologies of the WTP site, Treatment III will for the first time expand beyond the Western Treatment Plant (WTP) to make work along the historic Main Outfall Sewer (MOS), which runs for 30 km from Spotswood to Werribee. The diversity of the communities and landscapes from Scienceworks (the old pumping station) to Werribee afford the opportunity to investigate important issues like public health, our connections to the environment and relations with each other. These works will unfold with an expanded range of partner and support organisations including Hobsons Bay City Council and Wyndham City, Greening the Pipeline, Scienceworks, and the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund. Staying true to the project’s foundations Treatment III will also feature commissions at the WTP site together with an event proposed for the Western Treatment Plant from 21-22 April, 2023.
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