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Visible from sunset to sunrise, Experimenta’s latest Unheard Voices: Invisible by Night is a beautiful and haunting new artwork that brings to life ghosts of Melbourne’s past, and exposes the secret history of one of our city’s most public buildings – the Melbourne Visitors Centre at Federation Square.

Presented by Experimenta in association with the 2004 Melbourne International Arts Festival, Invisible by Night is an interactive projection work by Melbourne artist Lynette Wallworth that evokes the personal stories of the people interred at Melbourne’s Princes Bridge Morgue (where the Melbourne Visitors Centre now stands) between 1871 and 1888.

Each night after dark, passers-by are invited to touch the Flinders Street window of the Melbourne Visitors Centre. With their touch, users can engage with the haunting image of a grieving woman who is trying to communicate through the mist-covered glass.

Simple and poignant, Invisible by Night suggests the ghosts from the past that may go unnoticed as we walk throughout our city. Artist Lynette Wallworth says "Invisible by Night is a reflection on the life of cities, and the many cries for help that we are confronted with daily and choose to ignore. I am interested in the effect of work which attempts to make contact in a very public place, via simple messages of grieving to a world that might not want to take notice".

Lynette holds a New Media Arts Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts and is currently working on installation projects in Iran, Massachusetts and New Mexico. Working with DVD installation, photography, short film and performance, her work focuses primarily on the interplay between the moving image, sound, space and audience.

Lynette Wallworth Artist
Roberto J Salvatore DOP, Editor, Audio Visual Technical Design
Daniel Horwood Interactive Design – Sensor Interface
Marden Dean Lighting Design
Richard Gibblett Site Design
Ivanka Sokol Performer

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