Changing rooms was a collaboration of three artists: Margaret Feeney, Maree Wilson & myself, operating in separate spaces within the same house, that is the villa which is now Corbans Estate Arts Centre. Each project was a site specific response to this environment and is a temporal installation that explores concerns dealing with manipulated space and the viewers response to this.
Rose & Thistle: An elaborate carpet based on a William Morris design, and constructed entirely out of glitter. The glitter is not fixed and will be swept up at the end of the exhibition. This work draws on many references from sand mandalas, gay culture, and the Corpus Domini carpets created for a religious festival in Tuscany. The stenciled pattern was painstakingly constructed out of mixed colored glitter, the remains of 3 previous carpets.
Changing Rooms/Rose & Thistle 2007, Corbans Estate Arts Centre - 3M x 5M glitter installation
Changing Rooms/Rose & Thistle 2007, Corbans Estate Arts Centre (detail) 3M x 5M glitter installation
Detail of installation
Viewers at the opening
