Urban Threads is an inner west inspired series of artworks by Newport local Cara Jones.
This exhibition showcases Melbourne’s industrial infrastructure through the lens of Jones, highlighting the beauty in decay and potential in revitalisation.
Jones photographed a number of industrial sites around in the west, including trains at the Newport Railway Workshops, shipping containers, the West Gate Bridge and Bradmill.
“I just like the industrial decayed type of environment and I then try to come up with ways the landscape could be regenerated,” she said.
Jones took her photographs and created abstract art pieces, using photo manipulation techniques and digital tools.
“I try to push the photographs past the point of recognition, sometimes they end up more as artwork instead of a photo,” she said.
“I do this with digital painting, take a small element of the photo , repeat it and superimpose it and stretch it , rotate it, manipulate it.”
The artwork will be displayed at The Outside Gallery until November, made up of 11 light boxes in the Paine Reserve Park, Market Street in Newport.
Jones found her love for the Industrial landscape in university, discovering photography was the best way to creatively express herself.
Her work has since primarily focused on what some people might not find typically beautiful.
“I hope that they get to look at the industrial landscape in Hobsons Bay to see the beauty in it, and not the ugliness,” she said.
“I see it and my heart sores. I love going past the chemical plants, I like the industrial aesthetic and the way they put the buildings together.”
Jennifer Pittorino
