Once used for a military purpose, Gillman Barracks is home to cutting-edge galleries, studios and a dining space. A group exhibition titled "What Binds Me To This Land" explores relationship between land and humans. For example, Thai artist Tada Hengsapkul's barrier-like concrete sculpture Economic Cycle 1 places a vinyl print of towering buildings in Bangkok on a shaky foundation to expose tension between urban progress and crumbling reality.
Visitors can experience four inflatable monkeys by local artist ANTZ perched across the precinct. The Last Tree Was A Building revisits the impact of urban development on other life forms.
Meanwhile, the solo exhibition "Women Who Carry The Mountain" by Indonesian artist Citra Sasmita evokes spiritual bond between human and cosmic forces through a gender lens. Grounded in the Balinese creation myth of Bedawang Nala -- a giant turtle supporting the island of Bali -- her works, for example Labyrinth Of Revelation 6, foreground the role of women as custodians of balance between humanity and nature.
