[Bermagui Community] Wanted community participation for art project

[ravenspirit24]

Dear Community my name is Carolyn (Raven's partner),

I hope you are all doing well considering the tough times experienced so far this year in 2020. It has been a rollercoaster of emotions and I hope everyone is coping during this time of isolation.

I would like to make a proposal to those in the community that may be interested in participating in an art project I am working on called ‘Containment’.

The emotions from the impact of the recent bush fires are still very raw for a lot of people and I think a lot of us are still processing the events. Visual Art is a constructive way in which to channel and transform some of the emotional pain, anxiety and frustration felt by the community (including myself) during these stressful and uncertain times.

For this project I am interested in exploring the parallels between the recent Bush Fires and Covid-19. We kept hearing the officials talk about fire mitigation and containment lines and then for Covid-19 we needed to contain the virus, and for that I am particularly interested in the idea of boxes and containment and the role that boxes have in had in both scenarios, the differences in their contents and what they signify. During the fires there was a frantic urgency to pack boxes in which the most necessary and precious items were placed, in parallel to Covid-19 where there is less urgency and more time to unpack boxes. The objects that became "valuable" during lock down had changed to those valuable during the fires, like paperwork or passports and is replaced with jigsaw puzzles and puzzle books or online orders; but some objects have appeared in both scenarios like the dreaded protective face mask that ties both unprecedented events together.

By answering some questions related to both incidences and from the collected feedback from your answers, I hope to create a video piece that will replicate the various contents and scenario of the boxes related to both events. The final artwork will then be presented online, following the social distancing protocols.Your privacy will be respected at all times and names will not be attached to any correspondence nor will your email be passed on. Your anonymity will be respected. If you would like to participate please view the attachment.

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