Testing Testing

Images are of Lucie and Alistair working on the frame in Lucie's studio and equipment we are using.

This week we got a chance to play with our Restless Habitat structure. Alistair has some of the most amazing ideas to get things moving. We have found it hard to experiment in a confined space, but were there is a will there's a way.
Movement is crucial to the over all project and how is the time we are making restless movements. Using electric pulses we are making the structure expand and contract.

The next thing to ponder is the structure open for " nomads to wonder its corridors" or with there be obstacles on the nomadic cultures path way?

Restless Habitat

We are working on our new project. I have spent the week at the loom playing with a new product, (fluorescent light). It has many possibilities and I am looking at it in the context of illuminating the interior or what's inside the structure(ie: tent, yurt etc). All cultures and peoples need light to exist, many carry the light with them and many rely on the sun and the moon to reside or navigate the earths surface. If you are nomadic how do you light your habitat at darkness, during a storm, or even long winter nights. What has tradition in a particular culture got to do with modern times? How do these cultures deal with the 21st century and live in harmony with both worlds?

FyberMotion 2

It is time to get started on our new project.
I have been thinking new technologes, Flurecent wire, the thought of nomads, movement, displacement a restless habitat.
Why do people move? what are they looking for? protection from nature, food, light,warmth-cooling, pasture for live stock? Is it only the people from cultures we consider nomadic tribes, the only people that migrate/travel and move on for these reasons. Can we equate more contemporary cultural with the same over view? do we move around the world, our own counrty of even town or city looking for the same things. It is the most basic of lifes requirements we are looking for, the basics for survival!

Now a story about what I am doing at the moment:

I am reading up on nomadic culture from various places of the globe: Tibetan, Mongolian and Afghani nomads, the Rabari from Rajastan. African nomadic tribes like the Tuareg and the Wodaabi. It is so amazing how they live their life and we can actually learn a huge lesson of them. They live WITH their environment and we try to FIGHT it. Just take one guess which way of life is more sustainable…?

Next to that I am wrapping my head around a group exhibition coming up in June. It is a show on miniatures, not bigger than 20 cm. The object that I’ll make will be spiritual, because this nomad research has put me into that atmosphere. Another reason why spirituality would be very suitable is the fact that small objects draw the viewer very close, which creates an intimate relationship between both.

Lucie
PS some images to follow!!!!

Jackie Weaver And Canberra Theatre

This week Australian actor Jackie Weaver visited Canberra theatre to promote her one women show, The Blonde the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead. Six panels from the fybermotion installation were used as the backdrop for an interview with Jackie, Jackie was interviewed by Lisa Ridgley. A Chat with Jac, great title and maded it a comfortable evening without the usual stiff line of questions. Mined you the pink champagne helped every one relax.

Lucie and I, along with lucie's daughters Lyn and Ruby ( pictured below) and my daughers Hannah and Lauren went along for the evening.

It was a great evening and nice to see the panels in a different situation than hanging on it's large heavy metal frame.

The details for Jackies Show

Everyone has their own story to tell about the day Rhonda Russell goes beserk in
the shopping mall.
Jackie Weaver stars in this one-woman show, playing 7 different characters.
Canberra Theatre
1 - 7 June 2007
p: 02 6275 2700

http://www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au

Cheers Belinda

Canberra Theatre and Jackie Weaver

Fybermotion and Jackie Weaver