Party On Down / Plague Species

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Party on Down (2011) Recycled fridges, recycled mattress wire, steel, recycled E-Mac, lighting, music and video projections.

Party On Down was a major three-room multimedia installation and sculpture on as part of the 2011 Big West Festival’s Larger Than Life exhibition shown at The Substation, Newport. It was concerned with issues of over-population and played with the themes of rabbits and humans as plague species. It was staged in the Year of the Rabbit and coincided with the human population reaching 7 billion. It was presented with the sculpture Plague Species, an interactive and reactive outdoor installation – yes, folks, a talking rabbit.

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Plague Species (2012) Gorse, recycled fencing wire, corrugated tin.

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Are You Lying Down?

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Are You Lying Down? 2013 Wire mattress frames,projection, sound.

It starts with a slap and ends with a sigh; birth, sex and death – what stories does your mattress contain? This is an indoor installation work as part of the Periscope Exhibition, the main curated visual arts show of the festival. It is a light and sound work, projected through wire mattress frames and is mediation on life’s journey as played out in bed. It was described by Tony Elwood, Director of the NGV, who opened the show, as “very moving”.

Small Works

Dream Skinlightbox cross

Dream Skin (2012) Lightbox and transparencies, 2.4m x 2.4m

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Solstice Masks (2012) Aluminium, steel wool, corflute.

Inspired by Estonian and Latvian myths, these Winter Solstice masks are a tribute to Frank’s Estonian heritage.

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Steampunk Party Hat (2012) aluminium sheet metal, iPod, found objects.

Created for Steampunk Exhibition at Post Industrial Design, West Footscray.

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Projection experiment with mattress and rabbits.