This movie is the first extension to the original movie which shows me weaving a giant sunrise from vintage chair webbing. This update carries on the process by documenting the visitors to my exhibition at Maitland Regional Gallery in Dec 2011. I asked the audience to become involved by taking a picture of themselves in front of the work and this is the result. A heart felt thank you to all involved, I love these people!
2 more instalments to follow, stay tuned…
Solo exhibition, The Art Factory, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
11th Nov 2011 - 19th Feb 2012,
Opening celebration 10th Dec, 3 - 5pm. Luminous picture postcard holiday memories are woven out of colourful vintage chair webbing.
The Art Factory consists of a traditional gallery space upstairs and a special space dedicated to children downstairs. Downstairs children get to interact one on one with the ideas and processes used by the artist upstairs. As part of the downstairs experience I have created a movie projection documenting the creation of the central piece upstairs, a giant 6m w x 2 m h sunrise woven out of vintage chair webbing. The audience is encouraged to take their own photo in front of the work, (using the camera provided) so they become special guests in the movie which I will update throughout the show. Have a look at the NEWS opage of this website to see the movie updaytes of the visitors to the show.
This show coincides with my 3rd consecutive representation at Sculpture By The Sea in which I am using the same material; vintage polypropylene chair webbing.
For this work I have revived 5 existing benches around the Bondi - Tamarama walk by adorning them with colourful, vintage polypropylene chair webbing, a la beach chairs and folding aluminium chairs of lesiure. They become a reminder to stop, slow down and ponder how things have changed, and what may have stayed the same.
Installed Nov 3rd - Nov 20, 2011, Bondi.
The last 2 days, Oct 31st and Nov 1st, have been spent arduously installing Sea Change for Sculpture By The Sea 2011. It was a very long slog. However, the work, which consists of 5 existing benches woven with colourful vintage chair webbing, looks fantastic and the response has been incredible, so it was all worth it. I am extremely grateful to all my helpers particularly my mum (child care), dad (engineering and power tools), husband (all rounder) and sister Karina (weaving). They are located near the beginning of the walk at the Bondi end so come down and take a look, it’s going to be a great show this year! (final images still to come)
SOLO exhibition, Maitland Regional Gallery’s Art Factory and Project spaces. The show will run for a duration of 14 wks and will include workshops for children over the summer holidays.
There will be artists talks every Saturday and Sunday at 3pm during the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at the Sculpture Inside marquee in Mark’s Park (big park at the top of the headland). I will be discussing my work very informally (I hope!) on Saturday November 6th after 3pm. I hope to see some familiar faces there…
I have always loved mini things, and playing with scale generally, so I am delighted to be part of this fantastic show again this year…love it…all the works contributed have to be less that 15cm in any direction. There is usually a truly inspirational range of works…come see.
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