


Draft impression of the interactive immersive installation that was used to gather partners and artists for the project. Photoshop collage.

Date: 2019 Artist: Fern Smith
To create the interactive immersive installation it will the sum of thousands of individual artistic objects.

Date: 2019 Artist: Fern Smith

Date: 2019 Artist: Fern Smith

Medium: artist made opaque watercolor, vegetable dye and starch glue with paper pulp, recycled papers, recycled and painted cottons, used as an example for workshops.
Date: 2019
Artist: Fern Smith

Medium: artist made opaque watercolor with added starch glue on recycled card as an example for workshops.
Date: 2019 Artist: Fern Smith

Medium: artist made opaque watercolor with added starch glue, vegetable dyes, paper pulp, recycled card, paper, cotton, fruit boxes, used an example for workshops.
Date: 2019 Artist: Fern Smith

Date: 2019
Photo by Youi Lee
To create the interactive immersive installation it will the sum of innumerable of individual artistic objects made by hundreds of people from the community.

Date: 2018 Artist: Fern Smith
Exhibited: BOXIT – FernArtz Studio

Reflections and Celebration (2007): Fern prepared and delivered a course at RMIT University. Conversations (2008): The focus of four conversations to bring local communities together.
Art of Suff-Rage (2008-9): This partnership explored and celebrated the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage.
Throughout 2008 this involved:
– Art performances by dressing in period costume, taking public transport to distribute the Suff-Rage news and promote democracy. These performances were well received on the street.
– Participating in over 40 events around Victoria by exhibiting installations and providing avenues for the community to participate in the Centenary of Suffrage in creative ways.
– Editor and producer Suff-Rage News: focused on providing a narrative of Victoria’s journey of suffrage.
– Ursula Dutkiewicz: produced 100 ceramic suffragists that represented the ‘foot solders’ and women who worked tirelessly for suffrage.
– Moving landscape: Produced a 10 metre paneled artwork now on display at http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-diverse-state/womens-suffrage/moving-landscape/
-Banner project : Produced 10 banners for campaigning to raise awareness to the public.
Other Supporting Material PDF– Floor Plan, Risk Management and Timeline of events