Byron Bay Writers Festival

I have completed my stint as artist-in-residence at the Byron Bay Writers Festival....
and an interesting time it was too...

I set up a project specific blog here

where I experimented with mobile blogging as an active part of my residency.
I've also ruminated on the experience at my usual bloggy home.

During my brief residency I completed 3 main off-site ephemeral installations
(books books and more books)

 

I worked onsite from Thursday August 4 -
when I set up a collaborative sculptural piece using the slave labour
of Northern Rivers high school students to make
thousands of origami book hearts to complete a version of a book tower work

On the main festival days (Friday 5 - Sunday 7 August)
I completed more ephemeral book installations onsite 

and also spent the days binding my latest very loooooong book -
which certainly got the public's attention -
allowing some lovely conversations to develop.

I was really pleased with the work I was able to produce in the very short stint

and I'm keen to complete some of the pieces -
turning work into a small zine (or two)
a small photographic series
and perhaps a blurb book

we'll see

I will continue to work on my loooooong book

(it's a loooong way from completion)

but I also have a monster load of other arty commitments
over the next short while!

....