Install at Monash Gallery of Art, 2018 Bowness Photography Prize Exhibition
POOL HALL
Finalist for the 2018 Bowness Prize at the Monash Gallery of Art.
August 28th 2017
00:29:41
21.7 Celsius
Any other day his shirt is black.
New York City takes time away from you, and to know.
Hovering five storeys above Chinatown’s industrious streets is a hidden pool hall. Synergistic in colour, brought to you by this man - the owner.
As pool was played, I observed the weight of his working body shift from two points, to three, to finally one sand-settled elongation upon the couch. I realised a living room.
Back in Melbourne, I asked a friend in New York to obtain permission from the owner to use this image. A few days later the pool hall unexpectedly closed down.
Any given day, he isn't there.
Pool Hall, Devika Bilimoria