Metropolis

No. 1 Brewery

No. 2 Brewery

Boiler House

Old Engine

Electric Power Station

Compressor Machines

Refrigerating Plant

Robert St. Malt Store – Exterior

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Robert St. Malt Store - Exterior C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Robert St. Malt Store – Exterior A-*C
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Robert St. Malt Store – Interior

Loading Malt Wagons

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Loading Malt Wagons for Transfer to the Breweries C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Loading Malt Wagons for Transfer to the Breweries D' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Loading Malt Wagons for Transfer to the Breweries E' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Loading Malt Wagons A-E*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Cooke’s Lane Malt House

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cooke's Lane Malt House C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Cooke’s Lane Malt House A-C*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Barley in Process of Being Malted

Malt Train Outside No. 2 Brewery

Hops in Store

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Hops in Store C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Hops in Store A-C*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Loading Hop Wagons

Mash Tun Stage

Regulating Mash Temperatures

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Regulating the Mashing Temperatures B' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Copper Stage

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Copper Stage C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Copper Stage A-C*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

“Striking Off” a Copper

A Corner of No. 11 Vat House

Vat house – Another View

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Vat house - Another View C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Vat House – Another View A-C*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Tunnel Showing the Mains Conveying the Beer to Racking Room

Cask Making Shop – Blazing

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cask Making Shop - Blazing C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Cask Making Shop – Blazing A-C*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Cask Magazine

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cask Magazine C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Cask Magazine A-C*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Cooperage Yard

Cooperage Yard – Another View

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cooperage Yard - Another View C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cooperage Yard - Another View D' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cooperage Yard - Another View E' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cooperage Yard - Another View F' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Cooperage Yard – Another View A-F*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Cask Cleansing Shed

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cask Cleansing Shed C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Cask Cleansing Shed D' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Cask Cleansing Shed A-D*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

Racking Room, Showing Casks being Filled

Loading Railway Wagons

Loading Road Vehicles

Low Platform Vehicle

Some of the Delivery Fleet About to Start

Loading Wharf on River Liffey

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Loading Wharf on River Liffey C' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026

Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) 'Loading Wharf on River Liffey D' from the series 'Metropolis' 2026 — **Marcus Bunyan** (Australian, b. 1958)
*Loading Wharf on River Liffey A-D*
2026
from the series *Metropolis*

The base images for this series of work come from a book on the history of St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin published in 1931. These images have then been reflected, distorted, overlapped and filters have been used to produce the desired feeling. Each image has a different number of variations depending on this feeling. The 75 images in the series are sequenced as in the book.

The influences on the work were the architecture in Fritz Lang’s 1937 film Metropolis; the surrealist photography of Dora Maar notably her image Le Simulateur (The Pretender) 1936; the modernist photographs of factory machines by artists such as Jakob Tuggener and Albert Renger-Patzsch; and the prisons of Piranesi’s etchings published in Carceri d’invenzione, often translated as Imaginary Prisons, c. 1745 to 1750.

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Many thankx to Elizabeth Gertsakis for her invaluable help.