Wet End
Guy Louden
for Room Service at Fremantle Biennale 2025
For the Fremantle Biennale, I created a jet ski racing video game set in the canals of a future, flooded Fremantle. Designed for a site-responsive brief, the artwork was installed in a landmark building in the West End. This area is less than 1 metre above sea level and likely to be underwater by 2100 – despite this, the building is currently being redeveloped for high-end hospo and is one of many recently bought by business magnates. I made the artwork as crass and unhinged as possible to reflect the psychology of this moment – our inability to think outside of a capitalist ethos, even as its deficiency is plain to see.
P.S. On opening night the artwork was played by billionaire oligarch Twiggy Forrest, who owns property on the street.
This artwork was commissioned for the Biennale’s Room Service program, Nov 2025. It is based on an idea from Pascale Giorgi, and uses a 3D model provided courtesy the City of Fremantle.
