Art Day South
Art Day South Newsletter – July 2011
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Victoria MuseumVictoria Museum came for the day…Members of Art Day South found themselves spending the day with dinosaur bones, shells, fossils and a huge tortoise shell. It was amazing to see how large the bones are and having the opportunity to draw from them. Mel from the Museum, explained the history of the dinosaurs and other useful facts about the collection. It was a unique experience to have close contact to the pieces. Everyone really enjoyed it.
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Gertrude Street Projection Festival 22-29 JulyOPENING NIGHT: Friday 22 July, The Workers Club Cnr Brunswick St and Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 7pm Over the last few months, the group at Art Day South have been working towards the Gertrude Street Projection Festival. This will be the group’s third year showing work in the festival. Using a mixture of mediums such as drawing, animation, sculpture, felting and paper mache, the group is working together towards the final piece. Want to see the end result? |
| Below right: Paula working independently in the slow process that is, animation
Above left: Ross, Katina, Sarah and Sporty working together on ‘horse sculpture’ using wood and paper mache Above right: Lorraine is working with the wooden blocks and Val is teasing the wool for felting, using large wire brushes. Below: Paula is drawing and then taking photos of each image. It all goes into the cooking pot for the festival! |
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We went on an excursion to see…
Experimental UtopiaOn the 17 June, Art Day South went on an excursion to the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. As the bus arrived we were all itching to go! The gallery explains, “Utopia is an expression of a society’s hopes” Each artist’s ideal was expressed through a wide variety of mediums: video, audio, photography, animation, found objects and interactive installation. The first piece you saw when you entered the gallery was Akousmaflore, hanging pot plants that made different musical tones when touched. Each plant was different, and the volume changed depending on how hard or gentle you touched the leaves! |
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| This was a favorite, Katina is pictured above left. Another popular one was Life Writer, pictured below, with Rhian, Katina and Paula. The public could use this old typewriter but while you typed, bugs appeared on the paper!TouchMe, was like a human size, photocopier! Taking photos of people as they leaned against the wall. Top right photo. It was a very successful day at the gallery, which we hope to do again in the future. It was a beautiful sunny day, so we drove back along the beach – perfect. |
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Art Day South now has an Onsite Coordinator, Sally Jones. If you have any questions please contact Sally on Mobile: 0426 134 754
