The Nelson Meers Foundation is supporting the exhibition of Jordana Maisie's "Close Encounters" installation at Federation Square in June 2012. "Close Encounters has been conceived to bridge the gap between the way art and music are experienced within Australian festival culture, bringing non-art specific communities together through their participation and interaction with the installation." - Jordana Maisie. Close Encounters is a large-scale (6.5m diameter) interactive sculpture, which takes the form of an unidentified flying object (UFO). The curved mirror surface reflects the world around it. The dramatic horizon; lined with trees, the sky and its uninterrupted vastness, as well as the visitors themselves, who love to pick their images out of the reflected crowd as they move under the sculpture.
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"Maisie consciously allows her audience and inventions to influence the form, she heralds a fresh relationship between interface and viewer one that is intuitive, unlimited and, above all, equal." - Art & Australia Magazine.
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Presenting a new commission for Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), Janet Laurence¹s work explores the poetics of space through the creation of works that deal with our experiential and cultural relationship with the natural world. Her work echoes architecture while retaining organic qualities and a sense of instability and transience. It occupies the liminal zones or meeting places of art, science, imagination and memory. Profoundly aware of the interconnection of all life forms, Laurence often produces work in response to specific sites or environments using a diverse range of materials. Alchemical transformation and history are underlying themes.
In After Eden, Janet continues her exploration of the destruction of the environment with particular emphasis on the plight of animals, whilst simultaneously attempting to address notions of healing and caring.
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]]>Legs On The Wall has been invited by the Arts Council of England to create a spectacular outdoor performance with UK based, Motionhouse Dance Theatre.
Taking place in Victoria Square, Birmingham, The Voyage will be one of the opening events for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad – a huge event that encompasses the entire United Kingdom across 12 weeks from 21 June until 9 September.
The Voyage will be performed on four consecutive nights from 21 – 24 June 2012
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Related TV, Radio and Press Articles:
No more hanging around as daredevils set sail for Olympics Adam Fulton Sydney Morning Herald May 2, 2012
Legs On The Wall off to UK to help launch the London 2012 Festival at Victoria Square, Birmingham Town Hall
Chris Hook The Daily Telegraph May 2, 2012
'Legs on the wall' troupe Olympics-bound Michelle Hanna SBS TV 2 May, 2012
London calling for Aussie dancers Anne Maria Nicholson ABC NEWS 2 May, 2012
Australian Performers to build Ocean Liner in UK ABC RADIO NATIONAL 1 May 2012
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