I am an artist with no workspace, camped by a sluggish creek and a busy highway in the Queensland heat, where the bush rats, pythons and mosquitoes are relentless
That’s a 1x3 metre metal box on wheels, full of my tools, books, clothes, bed, gas stove, water drum, deep cycle battery and solar panel, food drum and cardboard box full of beans, rice, olive oil and spices; my children’s drawings from when they were little and about 300 A3 drawings done with black biro I’ve done over these homeless years.
When summer comes, even in tree shade (which can be hard to find or perilous to park under) the metal of the van becomes so hot it’s uncomfortable to touch.
I would like workspace – I have a lot of craft and art skills beyond drawing in a pad with a black biro and have used them to support myself and others in my life.
There are three sorts of weed in the creek – one that likes to mat the shallows, a small crimson fern-like thing, and Salvinia, the most prolific, which colloquially fits into the duckweed category.
Where I usually go to dip the tubs in was full of Salvinia weed again, stained with oil and the floating carcass of a big water dragon.
I imagined local and travelling artists could utilise these spaces, where art is responsive, immediate, accessible and in the act of creation; alive.
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That’s a 1x3 metre metal box on wheels, full of my tools, books, clothes, bed, gas stove, water drum, deep cycle battery and solar panel, food drum and cardboard box full of beans, rice, olive oil and spices; my children’s drawings from when they were little and about 300 A3 drawings done with black biro I’ve done over these homeless years.
When summer comes, even in tree shade (which can be hard to find or perilous to park under) the metal of the van becomes so hot it’s uncomfortable to touch.
I would like workspace – I have a lot of craft and art skills beyond drawing in a pad with a black biro and have used them to support myself and others in my life.
There are three sorts of weed in the creek – one that likes to mat the shallows, a small crimson fern-like thing, and Salvinia, the most prolific, which colloquially fits into the duckweed category.
Where I usually go to dip the tubs in was full of Salvinia weed again, stained with oil and the floating carcass of a big water dragon.
I imagined local and travelling artists could utilise these spaces, where art is responsive, immediate, accessible and in the act of creation; alive.
The original article contains 1,165 words, the summary contains 210 words. Saved 82%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!