Lifescape setup at Gatakers Artspace

My friend, Susan Hutton and I setting up my Lifescape installation.  It took us about 4 hours to complete.  I will be taking photographs on Friday....the day of the opening.  Hope you can come.  cx

Lifescape

I have  over 1000 biscuit tins in about 30 cartons.  All ready for loading onto my friend Susan's trailer and ute next Monday.   We are on our way to Gatakers Artspace where I will create a floor installation....5sqm of biscuit tins!   I call the work 'Lifescape'.  I will try to record a stop motion video of the setting up process also.  

Oaks Beach Installation

I was up early as I had an art installation to do at Oaks Beach.  Shelley Pisani, of Creative Regions had mentioned the opportunity when I caught up with her recently.  I wanted  to take part in the project by Creative Regions that would be my contribution to their mission to reactivate spaces affected by the recent tornados and floods.

I have a collection of 210 plastic bbq paper plate holders, shaped like fish.

I wanted to install them on the beach to draw attention to the problem of water pollution

'My reason for showing the plastic fish at the beach was to suggest in an artistic way my own concerns about water pollution. Fish and other marine creatures are ingesting plastics and this can lead to them feeling full, when they are actually starving. Hard plastics can rupture their internal organs. And , of course there are so many other awful hazards such as brutal entanglements. One has only to read about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be quite horrified about the global threat to sea creatures from water pollution. Of course we have our share of local nightmares too. I suggest, artistically that the fish are coming to the land to escape from the water that has become so toxic. The fish are becoming plastic'.

I had a wonderful band of helpers and many photographers too, including Brad Marsellos from ABC Wide Bay.     

David Quarrell flew a drone over the installation, and I am really looking forward to seeing the video pictures that it took.

Keith Stewart made a great video of behind the scenes activity.  So much equipment there.

Thanks to all the wonderful helpers and also to Pamela Fisher, who is a tireless worker.


 

Something fishy is going on!!

I have spent much of the weekend preparing my collection of 210 bbq paper plate holder plastic fish for an installation at a local beach this week. Fun times!! A drone is going to fly over the 20m installation and take pictures, or a video. I’m not quite sure what will exactly come out of it. (Maybe I am under surveillance?) Another friend is going to do a time lapse of the event.
It should be fun if the weather holds out. It has been very windy of late. I have number of friends coming to help me set up. We only have 2 hours of low tide to get the installation finished.

Fun times.    cx

Domestic Violence Project

I spent the last couple of days preparing  the files I will be giving Alissa.  Some of them are a bit grainy, so I will have to sort out the reason for that.    There is so much to learn about photography...unless of course you prefer just to set the camera to auto!

I have  been invited to complete a small installation relating to domestic violence.  The work will include mannequins, digital imagery, and  a digital projection.   The completed work will travel to  a variety of venues.

This is a great opportunity for me and I am keen to get started.

 

 

 

Above is another photo of Alissa.  This turned out to be a really fun photoshoot.

"Lifescape"

Dirty Linen awaits its artists booking in....so in these quiet times I can develop some installations, or whatever  works I fancy at the time.

This last couple of weeks I have been producing an installation of biscuit tins.  Actually, what you see here is really only about half of my collection.  I tried a couple  more complex arrangements, but the piece wouldn't work.  In the end I decided that simplicity was the answer.   I have been getting quite a lot of interest in this work.  Thankyou.

Till soon!   C x

My Studio

I finally have my studio back after the Just Ideas works have been collected.  It's such a wonderful feeling.  I have already finished my artwork for the  Cabinets of Curiosities exhibition which will start mid January at BRAG.
 
I have attached a sneak preview....closeup only.  I hope Trudie won't mind.

Also attached is a work, 'Metropolis', that I made from small tins from my collection. I will have a short series of these fairly soon, I am hoping.

I trust you all had a joyful Christmas and wish you every happiness in 2012.