Soon it would be too hot: work in progress

Tracey Clement, ‘Soon it would be too hot’ (detail, work in progress), 2020, beeswax, heat lamps, microwave plates. Installation dimensions variable, model building height approx. 70cm each. Model Empire State Building melting. Photo: T Clement.

Soon it would be too hot is the first line of JG Ballard’s 1962 novel The Drowned World. It is also the title of my solo show which was exhibited at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 23 January – 21 February 2021.

These work in progress pics show early melting tests and wax prototypes.

Tracey Clement, ‘Soon it would be too hot’ (detail, work in progress), 2020, beeswax. Model building height approx. 70cm each. Models pictured from left: Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, , Sydney (Centrepoint) Tower, Big Ben. Photo: T Clement.

Tracey Clement: Soon it would be too hot
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
23 January – 21 February 2021