Gary Deirmendjian

20’ shipping container, hardwood timber pallets, cash register, plastic crates, steel anchoring system and other.

800 x 350 x 350cm

A shipping container and timber pallets are combined to form an upright architectural proposition.

The work sits singular in the green expanse in a state of stable decay. A narrow entrance leads into an intimately walled enclosure offering no out other than the way of entry. Through the walls only fragments of the outer world are discernible. In the relative darkness the eye is drawn up into the airy chamber high above, where light beams through small windows onto a centrally suspended cash register. It hangs beaten, broken and looted. 

While the architecture may suggest a foreign house of worship, its deity and practices, however, are imaginable and may feel oddly familiar. In its dilapidated state, it may be read as an abandonment scenario, where the faith that has brought this house into being is clearly no longer dispensed here.

This installation was enabled by the generous support of Sydney Olympic Park Authority, CHEP Australia and Lorose Container Hire & Storage.