A Lion Attacking a Horse, after George Stubbs (Less Bucks, More Fizz)

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Research Background: 'Peter Corrigan: cities of hope' exhibition at RMIT Gallery honoured the work of the internationally renowoned Melbourne architecture pracrtice of Edmond & Corrigan, Corrigan's set and costume design for threatre, his personal library and art collection and objects from his office. Michael Spooner was one of 22 people invited by the architecture community to respond to Corrigan's work. 'A Lion Attacking a Horse', which was included in the exhibition, is the result.'The Cities of Hope' exhibition followed the publication of a new monograph of Edmond & Corrigan's work by Thames and Hudson. Research Signifigance: RMIT Gallery is a highly-regarded Melbourne gallery. It has a longstanding commitment to innovative exhibitions that represent divergent artistic practices. 'Cities of hope' is the first major public exhibiton on the work of Edmond & Corrigan, and the first major exhibition on a single architect's contribution to Melbourne architectural culture in over ten years. The value of this project is further evidenced by the 10,105 people who attended [exhibition report], the review in 'The Age' (Ray Edgar, Dreaming up a city of hope', April 2013) and the review in the leading Australian professional journal 'Architecture Australia' (Ricky Ricardo, Peter Corrigan: cities of hope', a review, May 2013). Research Contribution: 'A Lion Attacking A Horse' foregrounded the friendship between Spooner and Corrigan, a friendship that develped through professional collaboration and Spooner's own RMIT PhD thesis on Edmond & Corrigan. It sought to identify with Corrigan's own mastery of ideas and his argument for an emanicipation of an individual's learning capacity. The work placed Spooner's own body of research adjacent to the meta-narratives of the Melbourne architectural scene.