BigCi 2023 Residency Documentation
Luke and Catherine dealing with some 1st day jitters!
Flora of Bilpin.
Early charcoal explorations using charcoal from the property.
Some impromptu performance & installation work from Oliver Fontany.
King Parrot visitors.
Oli painting Batman for his Bilpin visit.
Luke's 1st exploration with alternate plate shapes & using sap as a pigment.
Collaborative prints from Luke & Matt Elliott, experimenting with both intaglio & relief together.
Luke enjoying drum painting in nature.
Luke drum painting in collaboration with his music therapists Izumi & Nick.
The whole team performing, collaborating & documenting in front of the ColLab Barn.
A finished drum painting inspired by the colours around us as experienced in the day.
The environment which inspired the green drum painting.
The view in front of our barn.
The sunlight bringing out greens and yellows in the bush.
An experimental print series inspired by the chaos energy of that day.
A drum painting inspired by the environment at our residency in the evening.
Views from sunset rock!
An evening visit to sunset rock.
A visit to sunset rock.
Golden light at sunset rock.
Luke enjoying some drum painting in the sunshine in collaboration with Izumi & Nick.
Luke working on some double handed print making!
Listening to the sounds around us to inspire the print.
Our front man.
Part of our drum painting set-up.
A drum painting inspired by Luke's favourite colours of the day, with paint applied using natural materials.
Jill & Luke exploring textures in the Blackheath Rhododendron Garden.
Luke taking in the smells, sounds and breeze at Blackheath Rhododendron Garden.
Luke taking in the smells, sounds and breeze at Blackheath Rhododendron Garden.
A well earned day off and visit to Blackheath.
Enjoying the sounds, smells and experience of the lookout at the end of The Grand Canyon bushwalk!
Enjoying the sounds, smells and experience of the lookout at the end of The Grand Canyon bushwalk!
The gorgeous valleys of the Blue Mountains.
The gorgeous valleys of the Blue Mountains.
Luke enjoying nature.
Our Currawong visitor.
Printmaking in a new location and trying to embrace the shade on a very hot day.
Flora of Bilpin - exploring textures.
Exploring the textures o f seedpods and leaves.
Installation practice, reflecting prints and plates.
Practice installation for 2 of Luke's drum paintings.
A series of Luke's charcoal drawings using local, found charcoal.
Installation practice, reflecting prints and plates.
Installation practice of works completed in collaboration with artist Matthew Elliott.
Luke and Zac getting ready to start work!
Luke getting used to our new accomodation.
Luke enjoying the texture of found charcoal.
Luke painting on the small pier at the dam in BigCi, with facilitator Zac.
Luke posing with the BigCi sign, getting ready for another day or art making.
Luke working on his charcoal series.
Luke working on his large collaborative painting, inspired by the reflections in the dam.
The pier set up.
Matt Elliott adding his touches to a collaborative print.
Matt & Luke working on two collaborations, a print & a painting, both inspired by the reflections and views at the dam.
A close up of one of the painting tools used for the large painting.
Luke & Matt hanging out for the day.
Luke & Catherine with their transportable print-making set up!
Luke & Catherine out the front of BigCi, working on site specific prints.
Our print making set up at the barn.
Stephen working on sharpening some printing tools.
A growing selection of prints!
Luke & Oli hanging out for the day!
Oli's glorious face painting.
A visit from the amazing Annie & Kevin of Budlife magazine! We we're so stoked they could join us for the day!
Luke creating a print inspired by sap.
A white waratah growing at BigCi.
Experimenting using charcoal to capture Luke's movement.
Luke standing in front of the Art Shed.
Luke exploring the textures of the sculptures installed on the property.
BigCi October Open Day, 2023
Luke & Sud appreciating the work of Lucia Olenova.
Luke & the team starting their public, drum-painting performance!
Luke collaborating with Izumi & Nick on a drum painting performance, facilitated by Zac & documented by Stephen.
Luke & Catherine discussing Luke's works and experience at the residency.
Some of the crowd appreciating Luke's performance at the BigCi Open Day.
Luke appreciating the installation work by Arianna Pace.
Sud & Catherine starting the install process.
Part of the team listening to Lucia Olenova's speech and discussion of her installation.
The performance in action!
Luke's energy on Open Day!
Preparing prints for installation.
Zac prepping the performance space.
Collecting natural materials to use as alternate painting tools.
Catherine prepping prints.
Sud installing charcoal works.
Stephen prepping the film piece.
Izumi & Nick setting up their performance space.
Zac prepping the drums.
Catherine & Sud prepping charcoal works.
Part of the team ready for Open Day!
Luke appreciating the work of Sanda Lieners.
Sud in front of a painting by Lucia Olenova.
Luke's facilitators finalising performance prep.
Luke standing in front of his charcoal series.
Part of the team discussing works by Sanda Lieners.
Drying off the finished drum paintings completed during the live performance.
A sample of Luke’s Open Day performance:
Featuring artist Luke Abdallah in collaboration with music therapists Izumi Nago & Nick, facilitated by Zac Fenn.