Walking on the Ceiling

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/20 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A water-damaged corridor at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, with collapsed ceiling material across the floor. The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Walking on the Ceiling
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-070
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/20 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A water-damaged corridor at Kenmore. Sections of ceiling material lie across the floor of the corridor where the plaster has come down. The walls along the corridor are painted plaster, weathered through patches of damp. The floor below the fallen material is timber boards, stained with the water that brought the ceiling down. The doors at the sides of the corridor are closed.

The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003. Water ingress through the upper floors of the residential buildings has worked through the plasterwork in the decades since the buildings were sold. 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 site was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A narrow corridor stretches deep into the building. Paint peels from every surface, curling away from the walls in brittle sheets that crunch underfoot. Plaster debris covers the floor in a thick, uneven layer. A sprayed arrow marks the right wall in black. Doorways open on both sides, and at the far end, an arched moulding frames the last passage. Daylight spills in from side rooms, pale and diffused.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Kenmore Asylum opened on Taralga Road, Goulburn, in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete mental health complex in rural New South Wales. The site was acquired in 1879 under the same Inspector-General who initiated Callan Park. The hospital closed around 2003 and was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 2005.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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