Tag: Creativity
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Displaced Flora Master Class: Artistic Responses to Climate Change
Recently I participated in the Displaced Flora master class at the Noosa Regional Gallery. Conducted by artist Donna Davis and botanist Professor Darren Cray, it bought together two of my passions – ecology and art. Donna and Darren asked six artists to respond creatively to a scientific project that translocated of tropical plants from their…
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Art, Artefact, or Design?
: Art, Artefact, or Design? In the East Wing of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum I tilted my iPhone upwards to capture the floating heads suspended from the ceiling. I wasn’t alone. Have you noticed how tourists and visitors always take photos of the same things? Clearly these faces suspended above the exhibits…
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The magic of letting go
“Are you sure you want to get rid of the table?” asked Col, knowing that I’d taken considerable time to get all the water-damaged broken chipboard and tiles off the top of the salvaged coffee table before giving it a new life. “I’ve had the fun of transforming it and using it. Someone else might…
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The synergy of weeds and graffiti
While walking along the bike track along the Yarra River in Richmond, Melbourne I found joy in weeds for once. I love the way nature completed the graffiti artwork.
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