Slipping Away

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/13 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Peeling pink paint runs the length of a ward corridor at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, receding toward a single light at the far end. A stainless steel drinking fountain with exposed pipes stands against the right wall, beside wooden partitions with a service window above. Ceiling panels hang loose or are missing altogether, and dust covers the floorboards below.

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In situ

Slipping Away at The Asylum, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Slipping Away at The Asylum, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Slipping Away at The Asylum, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Slipping Away
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-052
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/13 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 297 × 210 mm
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A wash sink mounted on exposed pipework along one wall of one of the nursing quarters at Kenmore. Timber partition cubicles stand on the opposite side of the room. Sash windows run along the wall above the sink, the panes intact, the timber sashes weathered. The ceiling above shows damaged tiles, sections come away from the framing. The plumbing of the sink is plain steel pipe, exposed across the wall.

Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards, the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW. The nursing quarters are part of the residential fabric across the wards. The complex was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the NSW State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A stainless steel basin hangs from exposed plumbing on the corridor wall. Dark timber cabinets and a partitioned booth crowd the left side of the room, their veneer still intact. Ceiling tiles sag between metal frames. A ceiling fan sits motionless. Grit and organic debris cover the vinyl floor. Pale light enters through high windows, catching the dust on every surface.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 75 photographs

Frederic Norton Manning, NSW Inspector-General of the Insane, acquired 340.5 acres on Taralga Road, Goulburn, for £1,252 in October 1879. Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect, designed the asylum complex. Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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