Although Embrace stayed at home and initially felt his life was going no where. He has recently been daring enough to pose for portraits and feels his journey is more an inner one, rather than external one. Embrace realises each life is unique and different not better or worse.
Four Eyes visited the Merry Creek, Melbourne Labrynth searching for direction in this confusing life. He reached the middle and realised he had got himself in a right tangle. So he quietly walked all the way back out. Sometimes that is all you can do. Ravel and unravel and then ravel again!
Ecoute, ever the activist Made his image available to the dangers of lead poisoning.
Then Ecoute got told his entry had Won a photo shoot. Well that totally freaked him out. He didn’t want to be shot and he was terrified, so he has gone underground again! He thinks the other entries need shooting too. See https://volcanoartprize.com
Potty and Belle have gone on a mission to raise awareness for mental health and have entered The Black Dog Community Art Project. at The gallery Mount Waverley Community Centre 12th October to 26th October. Both of them know what depression and anxiety is like. However they love Black Dogs and the Black Dogs they know are always so happy and friendly so they don’t fully understand why it is called Black Dog! Some things in life just do not make sense. I am afraid this excitement caused Potty to have a breakdown and he has returned home to recover. Belle has been whisked away by a travelling artist to go to Chile. Go Belle.
Broken wing has gone to Sweden to promote the exhibition which happened last week. At least he is keen.
Some of the promotion team have no concept of time being linear and so have just headed out now! Broken Wing is off to Sweden to promote!
The workshop team; The Great Wall of St Kilda along with Eeyore, Who, Bali Surfer, Four Eyes and Elly, the elephant all ready to hit the streets with a mission.
Some of the Promotion team seemed to have got side tracked and decided to just hang out at home rather than go out into the world to promote themselves and the gang. I suppose in the end as long as they are living life what does it matter what they do. Green hand has formed an addiction for marmalade and can’t seem to leave the breakfast table. Bunny and solder just couldn’t get past their conflict to go or to stay ?
Four years ago M’epouser came here to the Gardens to grieve a young one who committed suicide for “nothingness”. M’epouser doesn’t know what else to do but to keep going on as she knows that the young one left lots of people to pay for her “nothingness”. M’epouser will keep going on because like the tree life is all too short. And anyway she is part of the promotion team and so shouldn’t be having an existential crisi now!
Fan was like a ninja as she crept into a friendly looking garden. She did however subsequently loose her fan which has prompted an identity crisis. She wondered how people called Joy managed when they felt miserable….or Charity when she felt mean!
Pearl continued her promo work in a back alley of Richmond where mum used to live. Mum is long dead but Pearl feels happier here amongst the graffiti artist work.
Bow is part of the Promotion team. She is hanging out near her Hero’s home;
Harvie Krumpet. www.adamelliot.com.au
She feels very inadequate so she recites the poem, Invictus, “…. I am the captain of my own soul”. We all needs heroes just so long as we can handle when the y fall from the sky as we all eventually do!
Six years later Tools came to Cockatoo Island looking for his brother. Instead he found fame at the Sydney Biennale! He was intoxicated and finally understood how his brother disappeared all those years ago. All he has is the GPS coordinates of where his brother last made contact 6 years ago.
Law of the Journey by Ai Weiwei. With quotes including ” The man in ecstasy and the man drowning- both throw up their arms” by Kafka
Tools was part of the prom team however it seems he has gone off and just been promoting himself!
Pearl is not sure about this promo team idea. She feels pretty stupid sitting here “advertising” she knows not what!
Feather found a Freudian couch at a fisherman’s hut on Lake Ada. He awaits the analyst but realises the view of the cushion grass and Lake Ada is actually all he needs.
His poem and promotion of the forthcoming exhibition seem inconsequential here.
Likewise Piglet looks out of the old boat shed at Lake Dove below Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and he promotes the exhibition while thinking the exhibition is right here right now.
Feather has been busy promoting the exhibition since January. He is now hanging out at Sartori , 115 Plenty Rd just down the road from Balkon Art Incineraor. His head is glued on tight this time and he feels good!
As the sun set in Sandy Bay Hobart, Yellow feather felt so pleased he had been chosen to promote the exhibition here. He really did feel Hopeful and yet no longer controlling.
A poem from the workshop by a talented artist
Graffitti Granny 