Projects with ReMida Perth
Each year, ReMida embarks on projects and collaborations across its materials, arts and education programs.
The A Maze 'N' Web
A fantastic weekend of activities and explorations of ReMida's most ambitious silver web install. With a 50 meter diamter and over 1.7km of silver tape, fairy lights and rope, the A Maze 'N' Web tranformed Claremont Park into a dual function actvitiy and day/night art installation.
2024 - Mandurah Arts Festival
Supported by the City of Mandurah Grants Program
The Mysterious Fort of Reclaimed Things
Do you miss the joy of fort building? Would you love to build a couch fort with the family while avoiding the clean-up afterwards? Then, the Mysterious Fort of Reclaimed Things is your ideal activity.
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Hosted on the 21st and 22nd of September as part of the City of Mandurah Arts Festival, ReMida had a great weekend of creativity, fort building and interior decorating as participants turned repurposed, discarded materials into amazing structures.
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ReMida extends its thanks to the City of Mandurah for its financial and logistical support of the event, both in the lead up and on the day.
City of Stirling
Professional Learning for All
A series of free professional learning sessions supported by the City of Stirling Quick Response Grants program. The sessions held across August and September allowed educators and artists within the City of Stirling to access ReMida's professional learning courses free of charge.
2022-2024 - Storytellers
Storytellers will collect stories from individuals, families, and groups, which will then be showcased through a range of mediums.
The Project will achieved 7 primary and 3 secondary outcomes.
Primary Outcomes
1. Support the WA community by sharing their stories in a way relevant to their lived experience.
2. Generate opportunities for connectedness by delivering workshops in various community settings.
3. Deliver 6 in-person regional and remote sessions.
4. Exhibit the stories in various venues based on their formation (i.e. visually, performance, written, electronic).
5. Create an ongoing exhibition format to display the works beyond the Project's life.
6. Collect a minimum of 1000 stories to serve as the foundation of the Project and its exhibitions.
7. Create a symbo-mythic snapshot of Life in WA.
Secondary Outcomes
8. Support the development of participants' literacy skills.
9. Introduce participants to waste-wise reuse methodology in their creative practice.
10. Extend participants' understanding of storytelling's positive benefits on mental health.
2022 - GREAT with Purpose
Proudly Supported by the Department of Water and Environment Regulation, Waste Sorted grant scheme, grant allocation $23,520
Due to the ongoing nature of this project, it has its own page, please click here for more details.
2022
Sustainable Arts and Community Showcase
Proudly supported by the City of Stirling thorough the Community Arts and Events Fund.
Grant allocation $15,000
The sustainable community arts show case is a partnership between REmida will an local artists to demonstrate a range of techniques and opportunities for turning discarded items into beautiful, purposeful items.
Workshops will held in four community based locations (hubs) within the City of Stirling; Scarborough, Inglewood, Mirrabooka, and Osborne Park.
The project is aimed for people of all ages and abilities and is designed around an inclusive framework that supports participation for indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
The Project in Process: A Visual Diary
Through the sessions, we looked for a way to capture the essence of the experience without being invasive. We decided to work visually and capture moments whenever it felt right to do so. There were some occasions, where even the pictures felt intrusive so we captured images of the artworks, rather than making participants feel uncomfortable.
When the exhibition opened in late June, we had over 50 individual art works, from artists aged 4 to numbers much, much greater than 4 (but what's in a number?). AS you look through the visual diary, you get a real sense of the energy and dedication of the participants through each of the sessions.
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But what about COVID?
The first part of the year was tough, and the social distancing requirements, the broader spread of COVID and a desire to keep everyone safe definitely had an impact. But rather than focus on the struggles, the artists and community produced some amazing pieces and everyone involved has cause to be justifiably proud by what they achieved.
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Hit me with some stats
14 sessions were delivered at different locations within the City of Stirling.
A total of 315 people were reached through the project.
98% of materials were sustainable sourced-the other 2% were workshop specific fixings.
95% of the waste generated (offcuts from the making process) stayed out of landfill.
54 individual contributions for the showcase, an average of 1-in-6 participants had work exhibited.
Only two sessions were cancelled, one due to COVID and another for a building related glitch.
3 sessions focused on engaging with the community in and around Mirrabooka.
The year 11 and 12 art and design students for Balga Senior Highschool engaged in a sculpture prototyping workshop using project materials.
The works were initially exhibited at the Inglewood Library from the 2th of June to the 4th of July.
The works are currently on display at ReMida Perth.
Any unclaimed works will become a part of ReMida's ongoing gallery.
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