The theme for the LFC 2021 exhibition is ‘Small Things.’ (working title)
‘It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of love and kindness.’
Gandalf The Hobbit
In such uncertain and challenging times it is the small and ordinary things that give us hope and solace. LFC artists reflect on the current Covid 19 Crisis, life in quarantine, the recent bushfire disasters and the climate emergency; and respond to these large challenges through the lens of both vulnerability and strength; and by interpreting the theme of the ‘small things ’ through diverse perspectives and artistic practice. The LFC artists’ ‘Small Things’ exhibition will include 3-6 works from each artist including drawing, painting, printmaking, video, textiles and sculpture.
Small Things Pinterest Board
Exhibition Theme – Class Brainstorming
Solutions
Sizes of objects
Microscopic
Its the little acts of kindness that make a difference
Don’t sweat the small things
Acts of sustainability – it only takes small things to fix the world
The straw that broke the camels back
One object- multiple meanings
Seeds
Shells
Drops in the wave
Thats things that fill in the spaces
Ants-looks what they can carry
Teams- communities
Resilience
Vulnerability
Children
Innocence
Human vulnerability
Personal vulnerability
Emotional vulnerability
Fear
Opening up
Helplessness
Isolation
Vulnerability and Strength
Empowering
Sharing vulnerability
Fires
Medical system
Pregnancy
Self isolation
Financial vulnerability
Community
Screens may bring us back together- connection mediated through screen
Books are back
Nostalgia
Post
Being creative we have something to do with our time
Parents connecting with kids
Board games
Opportunity for change
Washing hands- better hygiene
Look out for each other
Shared experience
Singing Italians
Resilience and renewal
Mad max syndrome
Reuse reuse
Opportunity for smaller footprint
We have to change the way we do things
Rethink
Adapt
Pray the devil back to hell
Exhibition Development Timeline | March 2020 – Sept 2021
March – July 2020
Idea Development
August 2020
ProposalSept-Nov 2020
Samples
Dec 2020 – May 2021
Body of work
June 2021 – Photo Documentation, Artist Statement, Marketing
July 2021 – Media and Publicity
Aug 2021 – Installation
Sept 2021 – Opening, Artists Talk, Photo documentation of installation
Oct 2021 – Deinstallation & Make Good
Nov 2021 – Evaluation
Poem – ‘Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone’ W H Auden
| Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood; For nothing now can ever come to any good. W H Auden |
Shared Brainstorming
LINK TO SHARED GOOGLE DOC
Please add extra ideas , poems or prose to this document.
Absence of hope, data of movements, shared experiences, connectedness through isolation, 2020 pause, marathan, changed habits, ‘a walk in the park with PPE’, a walk in the park inverted, are you wearing a mask?, the new normal, out of the ordinary, finding the light ‘well it could be worse’, No small thing, routine reimagined, recalibrating, marinating the future, Shift, spectacle, hope, drift, quantum of solace, quarantine shift.
OutsideIn | InsideOut
inside the outside
Phosperenece
Luminous
Unmasked