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Friday, March 20th, 2009
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3:52p - happy birthday mama bear
Each week, a decorated matchbox with a tiny present hidden inside is left by a girl (and sometimes willing friends) somewhere in her travels. It's a random act of semi-artistic kindness aimed at disrupting someone's day in a tiny but positive way. That's if they dare to pick it up...
There's nothing like a bit of competition to motivate! I went to check out the Vanishing Point gallery in Newtown today with the boy, and the Matchbox Projects were showing. I'd heard of them before and people often confuse this project with theirs, which is more of a travelling capsule collections type show. I was busy sticky-beaking at their specially made matchboxes (apparently you can get them from Japan but have to order 10,000 at a time! whoa, I think I'm sticking to cut and paste!) when the boy asked whether they'd heard about the other matchbox project. They had and suddenly it was excitement all round. Our projects are very different so it's not really competition but they've got a new concept coming up, where they're asking people to put stuff in matchboxes and submit them for a collection of theirs.
One of the twins behind the project was describing how they had to fit inside the parameters of the box, how the box had to close and giving me many suggestions. And I had to laugh because that exact creative predicament has been following me around every week now for about 2 years!
This little gift comes from the Blackbird Corner again, so generous ladies! You make my work easy!! This one will be given though, as soon as I saw it I knew exactly who it belonged to. It's Mama bear's birthday on Sunday and she used to have a doll just like this (with an accompanying husband boy doll) in our house when I was growing up. Plus she's more into mobile accessorising than I am!
I got written up in Coolhunting.com today! Which was a very nice way to start the morning, especially cos I had the day off.
Next week's a big week for me, I'm having my first solo exhibition. I'm excited but will be a little terrified also until it opens. This time it's not the Matchbox project but a combined local history and photographic project I've been working on over the past few months. A very gentle work that seeks to explore on a very personal level, what it means to belong to a physical place. It's all about suburban espionage and it was great fun making. I got the photos back today and I'm stoked! If you're in the area please come along, ex journo and now Federal MP Maxine McKew is opening it! I might just try and hug her..
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