Sound of Bamboo
Sound of Bamboo is a site specific installation in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. Using red and orange woollen thread and textiles I wove and wrapped into thick clumps of bamboo in different three locations around the garden. Creating a walk or a random encounter with clumps/stands of bamboo located in - the Oriental Garden by the pond - the Oriental Garden at on intersection of two pathways and an immersive clump on the hillside close to Government House.
The work comes out a four month Asia Link residency in Sri Lanka where I spent her time working alongside gardeners and landscape architects at Lunuganga, an estate designed by the architect Geoffrey Bawa in the 1950s in a style that combines European and Eastern aesthetics. During the residency I created site specific drawings with wool and acrylic thread, mapping the daily movements of the gardeners and house staff throughout the garden.
Sound of Bamboo also comprised of a collaborative sound installation with Boyd which was exhibited at Gallery 4A and in Mai Gallery in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in 2003.
- Date
- 2002-05-01
- Gallery
- Artspace/ Botanic Gardens Sydney
- Materials
- Cotton, Bamboo
- Documents | PDFS
- 1. Catalogue essay by Jacqueline Milner
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