Impermanent Vessels

Impermanent Vessels – Rebirth

Evolution – Vessel #24

Evolution of Impermanent VesselNo24

Project timeline:

STAGE 1: September – November 2012 – fifty head casts produced in raku clay (fired)

STAGE 2: December 2012 – Heads placed in Port Philip Bay: Wedge, Swan Bay, Point Lilias, Welshs Jetty, Point Henry

STAGE 3: December 2013 – January 2014 – Recovery of heads performed

STAGE 4: January 2014 – April 2014 – Documentation, catalogue and underwater video (Diver) production

Inaugural presentation: 8 – 25 May 2014 at Deakin University Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Vic, Australia, as part of Geelong After Dark Festival (9 May 2014)

Curator:  Marita Batna

Video of the project:

14 August 2012 – Producing of the original head cast

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September 2012 – Studio making with silicon mould

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December 2012 – Heads placement

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December 2013 – Heads recovery with the support from Craig Elstone and Jack Elstone

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May 2014 – Exhibition at Deakin Waterfront Campus

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Video – Hard Hat Transition (Diver) as part of Impermanent Vessels – Rebirth Exhibition

Impermanent Vessels-Rebirth Inaugural Exhibition Online

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Time Lapse Video – Impermanent Vessels (Dog Rocks Melt)

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Impermanent Vessel #48 at Shore Thing, presented by Geelong Sculptors, Geelong Council Offices, 2013

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Impermanent Vessels (Ice Head Melt), Golden Plains Arts Trail, @Dog Rocks, 2014

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Impermanent Vessels (Ice Head Melt), COP OUT – SUPPER CLUB, Arts House, Melbourne, 11 December 2015

an online event as part of ArtCOP21 – Global festival of cultural activity on climate change

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Time Lapse Video (Dog Rocks Time Vessels)

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Ice Head Melt @ Dog Rocks (lapse video production), December 2015

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Study of Plastic Head (Project in Progress)

December 2015

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