Tuesday, February 18, 2014

hightlights

I am feeling all sentimental after downloading the last exhibition images (yesterday's bump out) and thought it might be nice to share a few highlights with you. The whole process of working toward my exhibition has been great fun, certainly one of my highlights was working and sharing with the community. It also provided me with an opportunity to get out from the isolation of my studio and form new friendships along the way - together we created a buzz leaving behind a trail of tea dust from collecting well over 10,000 tea bags!

It was a challenge narrowing it down to a dozen photographs because all the moments were special, nonetheless, here are some of my highlights from Expressions of Love II...

Embraced by the community...my first tea bag call out, February 2013, via social media, unprepared for the response I was inundated with tea bags coming in from all directions, I quickly established four collection points across the Hinterland.

 
Tea Bag Tea Parties ...  Rosebed St Gallery, Maya (& former partner Annie) kindly shared my tea bag call-out in their e-newsletters and before long Tea Bag Tea Partes were on the agenda (a big thank you to Rosebed for their generousity in providing the venue).


Team effort... all eager to lend a hand while having a cuppa adding to the collection!


 
D-day, installation day.... with all the hype working around the clock, installation day came around so quick - it was a day filled with many emotions, with a little time for reflection.  The title and name going up made it feel all very real.

 
Anticipation and excitement with placement... one of the biggest works (containing 3600 tea bags in total) layed out to calculate wall placement. 

 
...freshly painted walls, nails going in, work going up... I only ever viewed latched with Love layed on the floor, this was the most defining moment, finally veiwing on the wall and in place.  Internal dialogue..."Yay. Relief. Yes!!! Looks great! Validation - all the hard work, it was worth it, yay!!!"

 
Day one, doors open to the public... what better way than to share the day with a special friend who needs some TLC

 
On another day... a special bus trip organised for a special group of tea bag collectors - Kureelpa Spinners & Weavers, and a dear friend, Petrus.

 
Opening night celebrations.... with special friends

 
mammoth crowd of people filled the gallery rooms...

 
Fun with Janet De Boer...
  
 
'Meet the Artist' Morning Tea... an awesome opportunity to meet gallery visitors and talk about my work.

 
Family Day, Artist Demo Day.... time for interaction and conversation.


 
My most loyal... sharing the whole experience, from the birth of the idea all the way along to bump-in.& bump-out with my best friend ever, Glen.

8 comments:

  1. it must be an anticlimax after all that work and lead up to the big event and then having to take it all down. Congratulations on a terrific exhibition and on adding to your community.

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    1. it was sad to take the work down Anna although I do need a little R&R to recoup my energy stores again! Opportunities are knocking at the door and there's been no time to feel the full effects of the anticlimax - perhaps that's a good thing to keep the momentum going...

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  2. Congratulations Kim! What a work of the heart!

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  3. It wont be long before you are off on the next project Kim...you are unstoppable...particularly with Glen's wonderful support.

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    1. you know me well Jo, the next project is already underway. Glen support is unconditional, he is my rock!

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  4. Amazing creativity Kim - sounds like you are well underway with the next surprise - wow take care and catch you soon!! Cheers!!

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  5. Hi Wyn, working on a few things, nothing as big as this undertaking though. Hope all is well with your creative ventures, and look forward to catching up! Cheers, Kim x

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