Shadows in Twin Cities brings together children from Jeonju (Korea) and Melbourne (Australia) in unusual conversations between each other and their city landscapes.
In the workshop series Meet Me 너랑 나랑, using life-size live video, the project asks participants to find ways to communicate without words, then imagine their new friend’s form exploring their own landscape by flying their traced body in the wind.
In Watch Me Fly 바람을 만난 그림자 the project then positions video footage of children playing with and ‘flying’ each other’s shadow on large public screens in each city, an antidote to urban environments dominated by adult constructs.
In Find My Shadow 그림자 숨바꼭질 children explore the landscape around Fed Square to find hidden Hanji shadows made by Melbourne children of their Korean friends.
This four-year collaboration between participative artist Jessica Wilson and ArtPlay (Melbourne) visual artist Gijong Yoo and Jenonju Cultural Foundation (Jenoju) has enabled the discovery of a rich creative cross-cultural, cross-generational language that pushes way beyond the spoken word new friend’s form exploring their own landscape by flying their traced body in the wind.
- This project is created in collaboration with the Jeonju Cultural Foundation, supported by the Australian International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund, the Playking Foundation, Fed Square, the Korean Consulate in Melbourne and the Australia Korea Foundation.
February 20 – March 10
