Sense =Awareness = Ceremony = Documentation =Art

I believe that Art is coded knowledge. If we could unlock this code we might explain the structure of our memory system and spiritual consciousness. Art has been used as a container for the power of meaning, recognition and understanding of the spiritual realm. The elements of nature have been explored and a metalanguage has evolved. For example, colours have been given a special meaning in some cultures - they may describe the four directions or the five elements, for example, Earth- yellow, Water- blue, Fire- red, Air- white, Wood- green.

A song line, mimic of the animal's voice, grace finger movement of the dance, carved spiral on the rock. This cosmic debris is expression of the great conflicting forces of the universe. This world is hidden behind of our mind. Ancestors living with this dynamic vibration. They spread out their senses from the body to the far beyond the stars. And far beyond the stars where they reached is their own body, the inner cosmos. Develop the expression of this dynamic vibration, abstract and project the images to objects - is the Art. Ancestors create this medium to keep touching spiritual world.

Our life is filled with a sea of riddle. And the meaning becomes physically woven into ornament, pattern, the shape of line and the texture of sound. Everywhere in the world it is not so easy to live. That's why the ancestors established certain knowledge and encoded it into art for telling to the next generation. In this case, culture works as a map for survival, and each artform functions as a container of wisdom. It is very simple but very rational system, and all it still existing. The element of culture can be seen in various ways.

All elements are woven together and show the complexity of culture. The colour, sign, symbol, sound, ornament, pattern, and texture have meaning. I studied these messages in my childhood through textiles and dance and music, but I didn't realise that a universe of meaning and its harmony surrounded me.

The aim to find out invisible cultural connection, restoration of art of domestic industries, to contain the meaning of cosmology where our mind gets wings.

CCD, Environmental and Arts related projects

Creation of Dragon Dance for Celebrating with Mary Festival(07/08) KODAMA: Echo of Forest (sponsored by Cooloola RADF 07) Little Wave at the Cooloola Shire Public Gallery(06) Cotton Tree Project for Maroochy Shire Council - project developer(05) Skill'nUp CCD training Gold Coast - facilitator(05) Art in Nature Project for Noosa Pengari Steiner School(05) Floating Land, Noosa Regional Art Gallery (05/07) BMAC Multicultural Arts Forum - presenter(04) Skill'n'Up Visual workshops for refugee community, BMAC(04) Community Identity: Envisioning future of the community(01-02) 16 months residence base community research and consultation with regional communities in Qld. Sponsored by the Australia Council CCDF and the Myer Foundation. Creek Lines: environmental arts installation for the M2M (01) Mount Isa Rodeo and Mardi Gras(01/07) Droverscamp, Camooweal (01) Culture Landscape Project for BEMAC(98-00) concept, project coordinator. "Oral Stories" project for BEMAC(00) concept & project design. Sunrise 21 Artists in Industry, Mildura Arts Centre, VIC (website + interactive multimedia installation - 18 months residence base collaboration with the Murray-Darling Fresh Water Research Laboratory Co-artist: Michael Doneman 98-00) Red Hot Fibre Show Touring Exhibition(99-01) co-founder of Red Hot Fibre Show (98)

Commissions: Commercial, Public Art, Community Art Projects

Eagon Flower, Wind and Food Festival, Toowoomba (06/07) "Dragon Mikoshi" for Diversity Rocks! Department of the Premier & Cabinets (06) "Gathering" Art-Built-In Public Art project,Gympie SHS (06) "Lion Heads" Festi-valley for Samford Steiner School (05) "Moon" for MoonRiver Festival, Maryborough (03) Design for the Sanctuary Pocket + entrance sculpture for Cascade Place for Delfin Lend Lease (03) The Cascade Park Playground sculptures for the Forest Lake, Delfin Lend Lease (02) Urban Design Institute of Australia Qld Head Office (01) Art Build-In for Brisbane Youth Detection Centre (Sep-Nov 01) Pathways for Men icon sculpture (01) Deception Bay Community Symbol Project for the Caboolture Shire Council (Sep 00) Childers Multicultural Festival for Isis Shire Council (98/00) Biota St, Inala SCIP for BCC (99) Mt. Gravatt Village Heart SCIP for BCC (97/98)

Youth, youth at risk and senior related Projects

Cooloola Shire Public Gallery Youth Workshops & September holiday workshop (05-07) Zillmere Visible Link workshop program - trainer (02/03) Childers workshop program for ISIS Shire Council ? trainer (00/02) Access Arts Inc. workshop program ? trainer (02) Cascade Place for Cerebral Palsy League of Qld ? trainer (02) Youth Emergency Aid Program, Mount Isa - developer /trainer (01) Millennium Youth Forum for Woodford Folk Festival - panel/performer (01) Camooweal Aboriginal community for Droverscamp ? trainer (01) Urandangi Aboriginal Community - trainer (01) Arts-Build-In for Brisbane Youth Detention Centre - trainer/sculptor (00-01) Youthbeat for Brisbane Youth Service/Qld Health/ECCQ ? trainer/performer (00) Elders/Late Bloomers for Making Space Assn. - trainer/ performer (99) Xit'99 for Centenary of Federation - performer (99) Memories of the Future for Making Space Assn. ? trainer/performer (98) Sparring Partners for Ipswich PCYC - trainer/performer (98) Development for GRUNT Youth Hub for Making Space Assn. (97-99) Youfest for Logan City Council ? trainer (98) Young Men's Cultural Exchange: Contact Inc/ QANTM Indiginet (97) Wynnum Arts Workshop for BCC - trainer (96) X:/Web for CONTACT Youth Theatre - composer/ performer (95) Youth Week - performer (95)

Disability Related Projects

Access Arts drumming workshops (02-04), Caboolrture Centacare workshops (04) "Gift of Wataboshi" co-artist Jeff Asher + Derek Mortland, US (03) "Flower of Memory" creation of Asian context mask drama relate to mental illness issue. Co artist: Francis Gilfedder Sponsored by Arts Qld (04) Asia-Pacific Wataboshi Festival for disability - permanent trainer/sculptor www.accessarts.org.au/wataboshi.html (03) Cascade Place for Cerebral Palsy League of Qld (02)