Sleepers AwakeHeather and Ivan Morison

17 – 26 May 2014

& Western Sydney Parklands Trust Present

Contents

4. What is C3West?5. About Western Sydney Parklands6. The Artists- Heather and Ivan Morison7. About Sleepers Awake8. Investigate Sleepers Awake9. Artist statement “…forms of expression that agitate.”10. Artist statement “Sometimes we create myths…”11. Investigate myths12. Investigate Journée des Barricades

About this resource

This resource is designed for students in the classroom, displayed on an interactive whiteboard or via a PC/laptop and projector.

Contained within the notes section:

• About• Investigate• Ideas for discussion• Creative strategies• Links to downloadable education resources and websites

What is C3West?

• One of the MCA’s key external programs, C3West is based on the idea that artists can bring unique value to situations beyond the gallery context.

• C3West aims to develop new ways of working together with artists, business, non-arts government organisations and local communities across Greater Sydney.

Western Sydney Parklands is a place for people of all backgrounds to meet, celebrate, play and appreciate the environment.

The Artists- Heather and Ivan Morison

As dusk falls a new star appears low in the sky, above

Bungarribee. It shines bright in the night sky, a strange

visitor, emitting an unworldly light.

For miles around it is visible in the wide-open skies, a

beacon for what lies beneath. Drawn from their homes,

locals and distant star gazers come to Bungarribee to

witness the new star.

Sleepers Awake

Heather and Ivan Morison, artists’ impression of Sleepers Awake above Bungarribee, 2013

Heather and Ivan Morison, artists’ impression of Sleepers Awake above Bungarribee, 2013

Heather and Ivan Morison, Sleepers Awake, installation view, Milton Creek, Sittingbourne, UK, 2011

“We think about people and how we can make them see their world afresh, how we can lift them out of the everyday to see the edges of their lives.

We think we can do that by finding forms of expression that agitate.”

Heather and Ivan Morison, Sleepers Awake artists’ statement ,2013

Heather and Ivan Morison, Sleepers Awake, installation view, Milton Creek, Sittingbourne, UK, 2011

‘‘Sometimes we create myths - worlds for these forms to exist within.

We believe stories are how we understand the world, and if we can take control of them we can shape the world around us.’’

Heather and Ivan Morison, Sleepers Awake artists’ statement, 2013

Heather and Ivan Morison, Sleepers Awake, 2011installation view, Milton Creek, Sittingbourne, UK, 2011

Past Work- Journée des Barricades

Heather and Ivan Morison, Journée des Barricades,2008, installation view, Wellington, New Zealand

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