Author: ActionSkills
Cleopatras Waste
This is a plastic prayer, blowing in the wind, imploring all that find shelter under its rainbow glory – for the love of sea turtles, give up the one hit wonder plastics.Every year the sea of beautiful dancing bodies parts, leaving a desert of waste, colourful…
Fire Flight
As the spark strikes the birds, the fire awakens their spirits as they launch into Melbourne’s sky, their intricate bodies blazing in flames. This unique theatre event is an hourly performance that will ignite the imagination with the magic and wonder of flight. The four bird puppets will utilise kevlar…
Fabulous Flower
A large flower kinetic sculpture featuring three pairs of see-saws radiating from the centre. Starting as a static bud, riders open the flower petals into bloom by operating a giant fishing reel, and animate the internal colourful flower show by rocking the see-saw. The installation requires participation to open the display and to animate the…
Ngarrang @ Burning Seed Festival
Directed by Peter Ingram and Aidan Kempster. Supported by FlameWriter and Ngarrang build crew. Visuals by sci.fly
Flappy
Flappy, the giant magpie, stands 6 metres above the ground, with its massive wingspan outstretched in brilliant metallic gold and chrome. The installation is a giant puppet, with a see-saw that you ride to animate its wings and heads. This takes interactive and kinetic art to a new level, while having some good old…
Tarkine Mushroom
Installation produced as part of the annual Tarkine In Motion event by the Bob Brown Foundation. This mushroom is located near the Franklin River protest camp in the Tarkine Wilderness. This rich ecosystem and the mindblowing fungus is marked to be clear felled and then…
forest rising – concepts and model
Forest Rising Fire Performance Making the phoenix puppet Festival installation Building Forest Rising

forest rising – building the festival installation
Discussing more ethical timber sourcing for Burning Seed 2018. Photos by FlameWriter, Jazz Kaelin, Pamela Johnston, Gonzalo Collazoa nd Shaan Reza Ali Forest Rising Fire Performance Festival installation Making the phoenix puppet Concepts and Model

forest rising – making the phoenix puppet
First concept drawing. Was planning on using flat steel which evolved to tube for strength. The idea was to use the techniques of fire twirling equipement, so we are making a large, moving poi. Rather than using expensive kevlar, i used jute webbing as we are only burning this once. The pheonix myth has been…
forest rising – festival installation
Forest Rising Fire Performance Making the phoenix puppet Concepts and Model Building Forest Rising