ReArtVision

Well...it had to happen eventually. Bega catching up with the rest of the world that is. If not quite there yet with aesthetically pleasing architecture then at least the germ of a creative 'movement' that has been propelled by the current (and inaugural) Festival of the Face, an offshoot of the now national, and lucrative Shirley Hannan Portrait Award. And a major part of the transformation has been the 'occupation' of the old Retravision electrical retail store into a multidimensional art space.

Saturday night saw an 'event', hopefully among the first of many, where the pictures on walls concept was augmented by performance, films and music. And an opportunity for me to have some of my videos projected on the 'big' screen. Many thanks to Richard Maude and Tony Dean for making it all happen...

The space transformed

Musician Dr Chris Korvin at the 'operating' table

Some of my photomontages

Still from 'Black Red White'

Still from 'Black Red White'

Still from 'Broken'

You can follow Festival of the Face on Facebook here...

Stating the obvious...

...was a comment levelled against(about?) me many years ago in conversation with a friend. "Always stating the obvious Bob", she said. Oh well...I just find the so-called interesting mundane and the mundane interesting. And the more mundane the better I say. Paths leading nowhere, doorways always shut...kinda like a metaphor for something. Oh dear...there I go again! The obvious...

Some snaps from the recent trips...

All images by Bob Georgeson 2014

Where's ya bin?

Well...I bin in Adelaide visiting my brother, that's where. Sometimes in life there are things more important than art and music, and maintaining websites, and we won't even mention the inanity of Twitter. So I am finally back in the studio trying to remember what I was doing before hopping behind the steering wheel and driving more than a few thousand kilometres across this crazy land.

Ahhh...it is all slowly coming back. I had published a video called 'Why is this happening' and I had been working on the collaboration that has occupied my thoughts since February. There is much to report, but for the moment you will have to do with this pic. Like families that can be brought together when a crisis strikes, it is possible even to find beauty in a lowly power pole...

Bob Georgeson, Stobie Pole, 2014, Digital print