Five workshops were held at Chan Andreassend, 5 Rose Road, Ponsonby under Ronald and Karen's superb vision and guidance. Materials, light sources, various installation styles were animatedly discussed. Brainstorming stayed an important feature of all the workshops and most importantly, no idea was too small neither was any question silly at all! The emphasis was on the creative process rather than lighting techniques because lighting techniques, in Ronald’s words, “…exist for everything- from a plastic bag to a designed product.” Ronald and Karen made sure each Menagerine received unstinted support through this process even if it meant hurried resourcing trips or just listening to the Menagerines talk! “…besides if you think work of this calibre was only done by being all intense and serious… you’re wrong!! We had lots of fun getting all this ready for the evening and in the workshops too. In fact, we were never short of laughter or music... coffee or chocolates!" she concluded cheekily. He smiled and said "It must have been hard work, though, having to put all of this up... I mean besides all the work you artists... sorry, Menagerines, put in" If it weren’t for Dominika and Janina, we would have never had such smooth sailing through the workshops and 'Illuminate'. A page wouldn’t be enough to detail all the work these two lovely girls put in! They handled everything with commendable serenity and grace! In fact, we relied on their presence of mind to take us all through! “Is that James Bond there? And he?” The girl looked at the artists laughing as ‘Beat it’ slowed down to a moan. “He’s more than James Bond. He’s our auteur film-maker. You must have seen his film… it was projected on the wall outside” she said. “I get it, this awesome exhibition, the lights… but why are you all dressed up? A part of some fantastical concept?” he mused. “This is an interactive exhibition. What you actually call ‘dressed up’ is actually what we are… at least on the inside. Let me put it this way- jeans, shirts, t-shirts are actually our disguise. What makes us and ‘Illuminate’ so unique is that we’ve chosen to vocalize our inner personas. It’s an extension of our work… our artistic expression and identities.” Ronald, in one of the workshops, stressed the importance of artists and their personas. "Formal attire, " he announced " is the minimum for all artists". Naturally, it got everyone thinking. Janina threw all artists into frenzy with her emails... and for a worthy cause indeed!! Each of the Menagerines were uniquely turned out. The men took great pains to step outside the norm! We were very impressed by the effort everyone put in towards their personas. |
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