{The Deinstall Waltz.}
On Monday, after a near-to two-month stint
in the gallery, 456 of my postcard collages, 23 of Louise’s birds pursued by a
lone butterfly (with the not-so-common-sounding Common Name of Delias Hübner), and 68 photographs by Stephen came down in considerably less
time than they took to make and hang. This, a truth of many projects across many areas, was to be
expected. What goes up takes less time to come down. And it can press heavily on the heart.
Assembled here for you
this windy afternoon, a look at the de-installation process, a look at what
was. From the first birds released from wall positioning to the puttying of
some 1,000 tiny nail holes, it was one beautiful if sad end.
{All breathing in heaven no more.}
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+ A medium sized bird with a wingspan equal to that of a 30cm ruler (something new comes this way)
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Down she comes.
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Comments
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Traveller dear,
Louise Jennison and I make artists’ books, we make all sorts of things, and most usually we make things on paper. Collaboration comes naturally to us both; it is an enjoyable process that yields treasure not possible without the other. Working side-by-side, as we do from our home-based studio in Melbourne, Australia, it is a pattern we are familiar with, a path we are delighted to tread, seeing what new scenario evolves. Collaboration throws up the unexpected, and what is not to like about that?
When not with scissors in hand, I can be found writing about ballet and contemporary dance for Fjord Review, and (upon occasion) painting and collage for RMIT.
With paper sufficient to cover the moon and sincerely yours,
Gracia Haby
(High Up in the Trees since 2006)
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