#thisisaprotest

This is a [pro]test - Art Seed Pod - Rachel Jones

Sat, Nov 11th 2017, 11am  - 5pm,  Birdland Reserve, Belgrave Heights, 3160

Jones’ Art Seed Pod Project ‘This is a [pro]test is a durational performance installation.   People will have the opportunity to step into the performing spaces to participate in the’ [pro]test’ if they feel moved to do so.    

The title of this work, ‘This is a [pro]test’ speaks to Jones’ concerns of many issues that are prevalent in Australia, particularly as part of Australian politics, and the difficulty in finding a way to make commentary on them without feeling overwhelmed.

Scour the venue on Saturday November 11th, 11 -5pm to find ‘This is a [pro]test’ and take the time to consider issues that it raises, issues that may be important to you and others. 

hillsceneLIVE: 10 - 12 November 2017, Birdsland Reserve, Belgrave Heights Web: www.hillscenelive.com Facebook: HillsceneLIVE festival 2017

Artist: Rachel Jones

Jones is an emerging artist who works across mediums, creating sculpture, installation and performance art works. The conceptual interests found in Jones’ work lie in gender issues, arts participation, and exploring facets of anxiety. Using personal experience, societal discourse, and reference to art history, Jones builds a layered narrative within her work. Jones’ art making is often a way of working through personal aspects of life while also taking the opportunity to make comment on and learn more about what is going on around her. Jones uses performance to communicate with an audience, which may sometimes be confronting, giving the audience the opportunity to think deeper about issues around them. Her performance and photographic work is a way of exploring anxiety while also considering gender roles and the way society can dictate how people interact and behave. The way we speak with different people, and the way we choose to dress, amongst other things, is a way of expressing ourself. We all perform to some degree, each day. Jones’ sculptural works are based on propositions in alleviating anxiety. Predominantly working with sculptural objects of a basic shape, in varied scale so that objects can be manipulated by a participant to relate to the body, the participant has a role in activating the work.

Jones has predominantly created work where she is the sole performer, 'This is a [pro]test' involves a small group of performers who come from different backgrounds with various personal experiences which they will share with the audience. This work is being shared with visitors to the Yarra Ranges, asking them to consider what they care for in the world, the environment, each other, are there conditions attached to these considerations? Recycled content will be made available to visitors who find the performers by making their way through the Birdsland  environment. Thank you to the Art Rangers Network Art Seed Pods project for supporting this artwork. Rachel Jones: Visual arts practitioner

Web: www.rejartcreativity.com Instagram: rej_artist

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Image credits: OutOfPlace1_2014_R-Jones Image by: Robert Kelly, edited Rachel Jones.

AnxietyInSlowMotionAfter-Rachel-Jones Image by: Pegleg Productions.