Apparatus for Transtemporal Relocations of Impending Space – Photo by Alan Warren

Client: VicRoads and Stonnington Council
Location: Gardiner Station, Glen Iris, Victoria
Features: Interactive LED lights, original signal box components
Materials:Stainless steel, bronze, copper, electro-mechanical components
Completed: 2016

Recent cataloguing of the switch house and signal box in preparation for upcoming works uncovered some items of significant interest in the signal box’s underfloor area – a curious apparatus with its own signal frame and levers and an accompanying manual that describes the “Apparatus for Transtemporal Relocations of Impending Space” as an inter-dimensional switching apparatus allowing the user to shift between dimensions via a range of transport types including zeppelin, submarine, train, tram and automobile. The machine works by folding time and space, transporting the user to one of several ‘tuned’ convergence points. It appears that the apparatus was never put to official use as there was no way for travellers to return once they ported into another dimension.

Apparatus for Transtemporal Relocations of Impending Space – Photo by Alan Warren

Apparatus for Transtemporal Relocations of Impending Space – Photo by Alan Warren