Face

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/8 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A white bathtub dominates this derelict room at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, its two internal shelves and lower drain forming the shape of a face. To the left a decaying counter stands with its lower cabinets open, and a white door on the right sits partly ajar, its knob still in place. Paint peels along the walls near the door and above the counter, and broken tiles litter the floor around the tub's intact tiled base. The Commonwealth Department of Health sold the property in 2003; the complex is decommissioned and largely vacant.

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In situ

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

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

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

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Face
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-062
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/8 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

The moulded plastic of a bath-and-shower insert at Kenmore, where the depressions of the basin form the shape of a face. Peeling wallpaper rises along the wall to the left, a small wall cabinet mounted at head height. A blue panelled door stands to the right. The bathroom is small, fitted out for single use. The face is in the moulding of the insert itself, not in damage or shadow.

The Commonwealth Department of Health sold the property in 2003. The complex is decommissioned and largely vacant. Kenmore opened in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The plumbed fittings in the residential buildings date from successive upgrades across the working life of the site. Kenmore was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005 as the Kenmore Hospital Precinct, State Heritage Register item 01728.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A moulded fibreglass bath-shower unit sits recessed into the wall of a small washroom. Its built-in shelves and soap recesses form what reads unmistakably as a face. Two taps jut from the right side, still attached. Paint curls from every wall in thick ribbons. Mosaic floor tiles are caked in plaster dust and debris. A vanity counter to the left holds nothing. Cold, flat light enters from somewhere out of frame.

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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