Kari and Linley Boyle
Event date: 28 Mar 2010 - 4 Jul 2010
Performance: Caloundra Regional Gallery, May 28, 6pm at the TreeLine Opening
Piccabeen Pride is a TreeLine lead artist project. It is a multilayered artistic response to the Piccabeen Palms of this region.
The work combines high fired ceramic sculpture, choreography and photo/film projections. Projection depicts local Palm Groves, sculpture responds to Piccabeen, and dancers respond to the stacking sculpture in a work which interweaves the different mediums. Featuring at dusk in a natural environment, local artists, Linley Boyle and Kari wished to celebrate the palm in a situation where the palms grow naturally, and are currently being enhanced by the community.
Kari’s ceramic pieces are textured with the imprint of seed stems then finished with an ash glaze; ash collected from Kari’s fireplace. “There’s old Piccabeen fronds in that ash”. The palm trunks are created not as a lone piece, but by interlocking several pieces together. Piccabeen Palms don’t like to be alone, they thrive in family groups, in groves, in a close community. They need the protection of many of their kind around them. They are a team player, a group dancer.
Linley’s choreography and the Bodysong Dancers work
together, weaving the story of the Piccabeen Palm. They depict the finger-like roots, the tall tiered trunks stacked up and covered in lichens, the interplay of overlapping fronds, and the hanging clusters of red seeds. The dance celebrates the cycle of renewal through growth and decay. Togetherwork, community, layers, belonging.
Piccabeen Palm - Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.
The Palmwoods community are organising a celebration to honour the piccabeen palm; the historical and cultural significance for our town.
Kari’s career has embraced variety, working in professions including lecturer, event director, performer and workshop coordinator. She has been a concert-organ grinder, wardrobe assistant, sculptor and a frog!
Kari has exhibited in Queensland (Fusions & Noosa Regional Gallery) and Japan and recently was a team member of Firings on the Lake for Floating Land 09.
Linley is committed to providing quality dance experiences for children in a relaxed and creative environment, with regard to physical and emotional development and the nourishment of the imagination. She has run the Bodysong creative dance school since 1985, and is now teaching children of her original students. Linley, who has won acclaim for her creative and inclusive practices, creates unique dance feature performances for festivals and events.
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