28 October - 13 November 2005
Opening Sunday 30 October 2 -5pm

Cameron’s work is largely based on interaction with natural forces and the elements. He has devised many ways of producing a kind of collaboration between artist and nature. This is evident in the series of Wind drawing Machines. These elaborate mechanical devices are set up in different locations to collect random wind energy and translate it into a strangely readable format of ink drawings on paper, which themselves take on the form of the storm.

This work has led to a long exploration of the forms of the vortex, the focus of natural energy. Cameron has designed and built a series of Vortex Chambers, in order to study, exhibit, and film this phenomenon.
Further research into the elemental, combined with his long musical career on clarinet and saxophone, has lead to the production of the Steam Organ, a self-determining musical device which is built into a large furnace structure. The Organ is allowed to play freely in the fire, expressing the heat, wind and ambient acoustic. Other sound works include The Sea Wailing - a tide-powered organ on the cliffs of South Australia.

Other works include Cloud Tank, delving into the realms of fluid dynamics. The work comprises a wall-mounted tank holding swirling lustrous fluids, drawing the viewer in to glimpse an abstract realm of light and motion.

Performances of large scale works including fire and sound have taken place at Construction in Process VI The Bridge opening night and Queenscliff New Year’s Eve 2000. Commissions include The Globe at Southgate, the Barwon Valley Aqueduct in Geelong, and Double Sump in Marree, outback S.A.
Cameron is currently also a Sculpture Lecturer at RMIT, and is a part-time jazz musician on clarinet and tenor saxophone.

Since 1990 he has undertaken many exhibitions, residencies and commissions in Melbourne and around Australia.

These include shows at Artspace, (Sydney), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, (Melbourne), Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, and Latrobe Regional Gallery, (Morwell).

He works regularly with a collaborative arts partnership, Down Street Studios. The group has undertaken many works as a team and has worked on a number of large scale installations and commissions.