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  • A pink pond with a statue in the middle and the city skyline in the background.
  • People wading through a pink pond with native flowers growing next to it.
  • People relaxing around a pink pond by a large building.
  • People wading through a pink pond surrounded by trees.
6 Dec - 28 Aug

NGV Architecture Commission: Pond[er]

  • Free
  • Art

A beautiful architectural installation, replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes, has been selected as the winner of the NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission in the Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International.

Designed by a Melbourne-based team comprising architecture firm Taylor Knights in collaboration with artist James Carey, the installation, entitled pond[er], offers a space for visitors to cool off during the summer months and reflect on their relationship with the environment.

Referencing Sir Roy Grounds’s open-air courtyards in the original design of NGV International, this architecture and landscape installation comprises two key design elements: a body of indigenous plants and a body of water. The body of water is coloured pink, making direct reference to the many inland salt lakes in Victoria and highlighting the scarcity, importance and political implications of water as a natural resource.

Dates and times

Date Times
Sat 21 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 22 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 23 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 24 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 25 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 26 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 27 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 28 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 29 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 30 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 31 May
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 1 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 2 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 3 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 4 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 5 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 6 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 7 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 8 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 9 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 10 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 11 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 12 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 13 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 14 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 15 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 16 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 17 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 18 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 19 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 20 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 21 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 22 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 23 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 24 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 25 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 26 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 27 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 28 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 29 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 30 Jun
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 1 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 2 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 3 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 4 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 5 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 6 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 7 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 8 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 9 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 10 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 11 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 12 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 13 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 14 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 15 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 16 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 17 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 18 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 19 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 20 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 21 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 22 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 23 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 24 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 25 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 26 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 27 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 28 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 29 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 30 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 31 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 1 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 2 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 3 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 4 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 5 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 6 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 7 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 8 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 9 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 10 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 11 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 12 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 13 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 14 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 15 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 16 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 17 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 18 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 19 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 20 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 21 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 22 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 23 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 24 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 25 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 26 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 27 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 28 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location

National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne 3006

Open in maps location for National Gallery of Victoria

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

Visit website for NGV Architecture Commission: Pond[er]
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