SOUTH East Arts is collaborating with internationally-renowned art company Erth to stage a unique installation at this year’s Eurobodalla River of Art.
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Those interested have until Monday, March 9, to lodge expressions of interest in the planned Waterways Museum.
The “pop-up” museum will be open in Moruya during the May festival and participants are asked to imagine a water museum of the future.
The creative process and content is being developed in collaboration with Sydney theatre company Erth Visual and Physical, which is well known for its Dinosaur Zoo puppets.
South East Arts (SEA) co-ordinator Andrew Gray said the exhibits in the museum could be an interactive, visual or sound installation, a story or a performance, such as an interpretive dance.
Mr Gray said SEA had already engaged with Moruya and Narooma primary schools and Moruya High School on the project and that one of their ideas was to create jellyfish which lit up.
“The idea is that it is a museum in the future and we’re looking back at water,” Mr Gray said.
“What it becomes is only limited to the imagination of the people involved.”
People can help direct and lead school groups in creating artworks and artefacts for the museum from March to May.
The workshops would match artists’ skills and interests and artists are free to instigate their own ideas in consultation with Erth and SEA.
Alternatively, residents could create and submit their own piece, work with self-organised community group or art collective, volunteer to help at the museum during May or participate in a puppetry master class with Erth.
“SEA is looking for visual artists, performers, designers, tinkers, musicians, audio artists, craftspeople, sign writers, tea-makers and anyone with a special interest in anything water,” Mr Gray said.
Email agray@southeastarts.org.au or phone 0429 909 447 or 6492 0711.
