Divine People in my Life

Phew! Survived my first large scale installation work. Like I mentioned last week, I'm over in Melbourne at the moment with my good friend and talented artist Tiffany Singh helping out with her participatory installation Drums Between the Bells for the Next Wave Festival. After 30+ hours of prep and a 8 hour installation, her work is now complete and out in the universe. Seeing and hearing 12,000 bells in a tree was honestly so breathtaking....only wish they could of all stayed up for longer!

Now is the fun part though...seeing how the audience engages with the works. If you're in Melbourne keep your eye's and ear's out for the bells that will be floating around town. If you find bells you are invited to engage with the works. You can see the full instructions and information about how to get involved online here. Today is definitely a day of rest and recovery for the two of us! Let me tell you, I now have a whole new respect for installation based artists! My body is sore from head to toe :) Going to wander down to pick up some film and get a few roles developed....can't wait to see how they turned out! Such a fun and challenging work to capture.

 

Better late then never. The bells arrived from India with literally just enough time for us to tag and ribbon them before install. Lesson learned? Expected the unexpected when working with India :)

Special thanks to our awesome volunteers Bron & Pippa! Couldn't have done this without you ladies. And wouldn't have been nearly as much fun!

Love this image taken using Instagram....the reflection after the rain was beautiful!

Hope you all have had a restful and inspiring weekend. I'm off to do some vintage shopping along Brunswick Street and may check out some Japanese Baths I just found out about.

xx