Freighting Ideas: There Were Moments of Transformation
Conversations with Rain
Accompanying There Were Moments of Transformation is the dynamic engagement activity Conversations with Rain, developed in partnership between the Gallery and ECU School of Education and supported by Healthway, Act-Belong-Commit.
This ongoing multi-platform project explores children’s creative relations with weather as a way of potentially transforming our climate futures. Echoing the collaborative touring model championed by Freighting Ideas, Conversations with Rain harnesses learning methodologies that prioritise creativity, participation and engagement. Visitors of all ages can pick up a Conversations with Rain response journal and take it with them into the exhibition as a way of encouraging deeper and more reflective responses through creative activities. The dance film Kep Waangkiny (Water Talking) plays with audio work Sound of Rain inviting visitors to draw a tiny storm while listening to child-made rain. Pick up your Conversations with Rain journal at one of the touring venues to collect your thoughts, ideas and feelings.
Exhibition Highlights
Auguste Rodin La Faunesse à genoux [Kneeling fauness] c 1880. Bronze, 55 x 21 x 28 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased 1963.
Jeremy Lepisto All the stories (from the Crate series) 2010. Kiln-formed, cold worked and assembled glass, 38.1 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm. overall State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: TomorrowFund, 2011.
Kirsten Coelho Ginger jar 2010. Porcelain, matt glaze white, banded iron oxide, 25 x 18 cm (height before base diameter). State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: TomorrowFund, 2012.
Mari Funaki Ring 2006. 20k yellow gold, 2.5 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: TomorrowFund, 2014.
Alister Yiap Suspension: floating forms 2017. Sterling silver, 3.5 x 7 x 2.3 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: Fogarty Design Collection, 2018.
James Lynch Other people’s dreams of me: we were running and running 2004. Pencil on paper transferred to digital video, duration: 5 minutes. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased 2018.
Wendy Ramshaw Necklace of tears for Dora Maar 1996. Sterling silver, rock crystal, aquamarines, six parts: (a) 36.7 x 8.6 cm (b) 36.3 x 8.6 cm (c) 36.2 x 8.6 cm (d) 36.1 x 8.6 cm (e,f) 35.7 x 8.6 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased 1997.
Pierre Auguste RenoirTete de Venus 1915. Bronze with black patina, 57 x 51 x 30 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased with funds presented by Swan Portland Cement Ltd, 1980.
William Kentridge Abstract figure 1,2,3 [from ‘Procession’] 1999-2000. Bronze, three parts: 29.5 x 24 x 5.5 cm; 24 x 24 x 4 cm; 40 x 16.5 x 4 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased 2000.
About Freighting Ideas
This collaborative touring model challenges traditional touring processes and aims to develop genuine relationships, meaningful encounters, community connections and the contribution of many different voices.
ART ON THE MOVE and the Art Gallery of WA have come together for the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost (RETB), funded by the State Government, to develop a new WA regional touring program called Freighting Ideas.
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Catalogue
This is an ART ON THE MOVE and Art Gallery of WA touring program developed as part of Freighting Ideas project. This project has been made possible through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost managed by the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, supported by Royalties for Regions and delivered in partnership by ART ON THE MOVE and the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
