Historical information
Located at the Glenroy Community Hub, Isadora Vaughan’s rammed earth and bluestone sculpture draws attention to the continual transformation of Glenroy’s geology and its communities. The City of Merri-bek and Glenroy lie on the Western Basalt plains of Victoria, with soil and bluestone derived from ancient volcanic lava flows. Vaughan’s sculpture is created from these locally found sediments with the range of colours and textures reflecting the changing use of the land as various soils, rocks and sand were introduced from the coastal areas of Victoria.
These forms reflect Glenroy’s changing communities, emphasising our relationship with the earth, and have been shaped to enable connection through offering places to sit, lean, play and to gather. Terra Pneumatics embodies the history and sediment of Glenroy —both human and geological — and invites the community to become part of this process of layering and transformation.
