Rostered day off from Volunteering

Volunteering day 3 was a Sunday and I stayed back in Maylands / Inglewood.

Here's the progress of the local IGA demolition;

Stretch Art Festival volunteering Day 1 and 2

Day 1 volunteering - setting up

Day 2 volunteering - Inflating the dome

Fig tree inspires public art

Looks like Anema Designs have done some good work;

brightening up this traffic light box at Beatty Park.

Not to far from Stuart Street Reserve;

where my art enquiry centred around the fig tree also.

Here is a playlist of the clips I made;

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydGkIHCFZ8TSSqUSrEUl6Cz_Xu8TREvX

Outernational Pics Sat 10 Feb

I attended this years Outernational Concert.

Here's some pics this year's event;

Test runs on the printed bags have been worthwhile. The main discovery I have made is that a washed bag loses some paint which will fleck over the rest of the wash. The resulting design effect is still desirable? Seems like I will have to prewash the bags before sales.

I have not attempted any sales yet but last year Big Boyz WA expressed some interest.

I had an early night and missed the Mexicans from Broome but the live line-up I saw was good;

* THE U-NITES

*SALVATION BAND

* NGATI

* SOULJAH KAPTIVZ

* JAH FIRE

* LIL PEDRO

Easter Forgiveness replaces Rastafarian Radio

After watching Tenchi Muyo EPs 1 where Ryoko seeks revenge for 700 years of imprisonment: I dreamed I was being attacked by a skinless crocodile. Coincidental that I also found and adopted a crocodile Teddy? There's something about accepting a substitute that forgets about the rights of the real thing. What implication does this have for art that is so much about appropriation? This episode of God forbid deals with forgiveness on this Easter Sunday. God Forbid is one of 2 shows I regularly listen to the radio at the moment. The Moth Radio Hour on Saturday nights on RN is followed by an art show. I have this year not subscribed to RTR's Jamdown Vershun which inspired my radio's sound system stylings.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/godforbid/the-gift-of-a-second-chance/9602052

X-Box 360 day explained;

X-Box 360 day is 26th December and is when I get out the X-Box 360.

It stays out usually for the rest of the Christmas season (the remaining 12 days)

The other time I get it out is 26th July (the day after "Christmas in July")

It's about containing what I see as too graphic violence / negativity to a certain part of the year. 

The above photo was taken Boxing Day 2017 probably shortly before I got out the gaming console and TV which I set up on the box table you can see. Christmas is supposed to act as a counterbalance, but considering the parties / fare /extra activity of Christmas the combination can be a bit physically and emotionally devastating.

2017-18 screen printed teddies and cloth

on the scene of the photoshoot

Teds I made at St Luke's Art group

cloth I screen-printed at home