What better way to spend Valentines Day than watching the sun set? If you’re in the east it’s over the hills and in the west it splashes down into the water, unless…..
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| Thanks to K.M.S.E Collective |
You may recall that the winner of last years Perth Sculpture By The Sea was a group of young artists called the K.M.S.E collective read more here. As part of their prize they were invited to take part in the Sydney competition at Bondi Beach. However they couldn’t take their Perth sculpture over east so it was back to the drawing board. What to do?
Having spent days creating 1,697 waxed paper boats they knew what they wouldn’t be doing. After several flamboyant ideas, some of which would’ve been extremely hard to transport, they decided to keep it simple …
First they videoed a beautiful Perth sunset. Next they trolled the Council curbside cleanups in search of an old television set. Once acquired they spruced it up and freighted it to Sydney. They also came across a small black TV on gumtree.
In Bondi they set up the large TV on Bondi Beach and linked up the Perth sunset. Ta da eastern states punters could now experience the sizzle of the sun hitting West Australian waters. To see the video of the TV set up on Bondi go to The Best of Perth. Interestingly the company that made the old television set enquired about buying it.
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| thanks to K.M.S. E collective |
The smaller TV was set up inside where patrons looked at one screen, to watch another screen, to see the sunset.
Looking at the image on this small TV I pondered…
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Do you get double the romance with two sunsets?
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How many other verges contain old television sets that might be of interest to the original makers?
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What else with this group come up with?
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Michael Leunig would have been proud of the Collective and the message their installation sent.
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Happy Valentines Day.
4 Comments
That is very cool and creative – love it!
Great piece and great idea.
Yep they’re amazing, keep an eye out for them
Ta Chris