Intersection of Swanston and Collins Streets, Mentone

Intersection of Swanston and Collins Streets, Mentone 2013

PORTER, Louis

Registration number

1752803

Artist/maker

PORTER, Louis

Title

Intersection of Swanston and Collins Streets, Mentone

Production date

2013

Medium

pigment print on bartya paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

41 x 52 cm

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Courtesy of the artist

Keywords

Louis Porter, Intersection of Swanston and Collins Streets, Mentone, Cluster, City Gallery, 2013, Stephen Banham, Melbourne

Summary

This Louis Porter photograph was exhibited in the 2013 City Gallery exhibition ‘Cluster: exploring the stories and patterns behind Melbourne street names’, curated by Stephen Banham. It shows the intersection of Swanston and Collins Streets in the Melbourne suburb of Mentone. In the exhibition Banham noted that “An inspiration for an inner urban experience has given rise to one of the oddest forms of clusters - the 'mini-melbourne' cluster. These feature a gridded network of streets whose names playfully mimic those of the central business district (Flinders, Collins, Bourke etc.)” Other Melbourne suburbs featuring this phenomenon are Essendon, Bulleen, Williamstown and Taylors Hill.