Art Safari prompts audience interaction

Bunbury artists Dee Mosca and Helena Sahm have revealed their interactive creations set to feature at the Tree Street Art Safari on March 24.

The pair were announced as the recipients of a $1000 grant to create the temporary art installations.

Ms Sahm said her piece would be a photographic portrait documentation, where participants will choose from an array of masks or headpieces which they most identify with at that point in time.

“The masks are symbolic of our suburban lives representing domesticity, technology, relationships, our other hidden selves,” she said.

“The participants will be photographed to record these responses as a moment in time.”

Meanwhile, Ms Mosca will set up her inclusive installation inTENTactive, an open 3m by 6m marquee featuring thousands of brightly coloured ribbons hanging from the ceiling to “invoke happiness, wonder and curiosity”.

Participants are encouraged to write something on a strand of ribbon, with prompts including “tell a secret” or “tell a short story”.

Ms Mosca said the installation’s aim was for participants to leave with a smile on their face.

“They can travel through and touch the rainbow of colours hanging from the ceiling of the marquee,” she said.

“Participants will also be encouraged to write on a strand of ribbon, and take the opportunity to read others.

“The inside of the tent would be reminiscent of a childhood classroom, or play room, where imagination and exploration is encouraged,” she said.

“This idea of imagination and exploration is continued through the aims of the Tree Street Art Safari, for audience members to walk around the area and explore the Tree Streets and surrounding artists’ imaginations.”