welcome to EMPTY: memory, hope, love, grief

simple ordinary words that are used everyday

suggesting hope, love or grief

let you imagine what they might mean

or give them a story

in relation to your own

experiences and memory

moreart map

views of the main piece

our favourite chair - when you were with me

a ceramic plaque and a foetal alice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a little poem from letter bubbles - this is Mary's favourite

It all

feels

time

all is

what

was

hina wakan mo ako, filipino for :you held me

filipino: minsan na kikita kita sa iba - meaning : sometimes i see you in others, thankyou to Genesis and Rosette for the filipino text

i thought of you - orange chair with ceramic text

empty chair

more of moreart for EMPTY

the i miss you tree - as we were wrapping this on with fishing line, we found a dope pipe stashed in the fork of the tree. I'm sorry to whoever hides it there( from their mum?) but we took it as a souvenir of our endeavours.

tile in grotto -

you were with me then

umbrella at brunswick station - its just behind the moreart sign at albert st.

map and gluing on with liquid nails, hanging, wiring along the bike path

mary has a fag, its been hard yakka. Yesterday we worked for about six hours and it was six hours today. As an accomplice, I must say she is good value for money.

mary at the silos, Mary is reading the artists statement by Michael Carolan

small plaque on rock

ou te alofa . . samoan, thankyou Newjoy, this one is between victoria and hope st

missed you - ceramic peices, near and north of brunswick station underneath the platform

not a day goes by - on a rail at the safeway carpark

more additions to bike path between moreland rd and Dawson st

various interventions along the bike track

"when you were with me" ceramic plaque south of Brunswick station

was then, not here: ceramic plaque on wire mesh window between albion st and moreland rd - my favourite piece

Various pieces of ceramic text were placed on scraps of concrete or wired and tied in place.

face on concrete lab

installing the main site – corner of Dawson street and the Upfield Traintrack, Brunswick

that was, now you are not here

i was with you then - a bit of concrete poetry in clay

  moreart installation of Empty

today we began installation. Debbie, Mary and Lucy.

above: Debbie threads letters onto wire.

i miss youempty title piece

you chair, text by debbie, arrangement by Marythat was, now you are not hereyou and the you chair - text on fence matching the text on the chair.i was with you then - a bit of concrete poetry in clay

empty title piece

installing the work along the track

We have installed peices along the bike path between Moreland Station and Dawson st.

They are spotted all over the place.

e legalo oe i lo'u fatu - you will always be remembered in my heart

E le galo oe i lo’u fatu

you will always be remembered in my heart

this piece is at Anstey Station.

near anstey station

smiley face on hub cap underneath the moreart poster near moreland station.

 

empty bowls with letters cut out

arabic text

empty dscovery - we found this sign on a manhole cover that is sitting between the two trainlines, right near the main artwork on Dawson St.

starting work on the chairs

we are getting ready to install the show
we have been issued with safety vests so that we look official
Lucy is joining us

when you were with me

two matching chairs

empty ceramic vessels

safety installation team

our memories will never be lost

painting the bowls with stain

nos souvenirs ne seront jamais perdus - french Muaritius text by Cassandra, thankyou

earthenware slabs with slips and stains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

greek text by Vonnie

samoan by Newjoy

sometimes i see you in the clouds