On the 24th March we organised a preliminary happening to coincide with the farms Easter Event. We were placed in a paddock and had taster workshops running under a marquee and a mini art exhibition curated in and around a giant bird box. Reuben Cope even managed to make a small profit on his adapted bowls game, fuelling a young gambler that even an impromptu blizzard couldn’t drive off the field.
The happening was a chance to make mistakes and learn from them. To apply our practices and ideas both individually and collectively to what was a live and curious audience. We followed the old rules of comedy and were playful and physical. What was a cold day was also a day of chases and collisions and practical jokes, which kept us warm and high-spirited. It was a situation quite unorthodox for many of the artist to be involved in but a successful and rewarding one nonetheless.
Savvas Papasavva
Artist Involved – Alan Charlton, An-Chen Chiu, Carolyn Jackson, Craig Kao, Mala Kaa, Denisa Nenova, Harriet Hill, Isabelle Webster, Magdalena van Straaten, Mark Coutts-Smith, Nathan Birchenough, Nicholas Brown, Reuben Cope, Savvas Papasavva, Su Han Chen, Tamarin Norwood
