I accidentally stumbled across this site by googling the word 'facade' for my studio research project. Given that the initial concept behind my project was to investigate the role of the facade in contemporary Australian culture; in terms of form and structural design, as well as in relation to the transparency of personalities, Project Facade seems interesting.
Part historical research, part artistic interpretation, Project Facade investigates the role of WW1 as a catalyst for British surgeon, Sir Harold Gillies to develop re-constructive plastic surgery.
"Since 2004, Artist and Project Façade Leader Paddy Hartley has researched, responded to and interpreted the personal and surgical stories of some of the servicemen who underwent this pioneering surgical reconstruction under Sir Harold Gillies."
Hartley responds "...to the patient records of The Gillies Archive and later life experiences of First World War Servicemen who underwent facial reconstructive surgery at the hand of New Zealander Sir Harold Delf Gillies and his surgical team."
The project acts as a recognition of, "the surgical techniques pioneered by Gillies and his team to repair the horrific facial injuries inflicted upon Servicemen formed the foundation of modern-day facial reconstruction from which many tens of thousands of people have benefited."
Images sourced from Project Facade.
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