Author: Bernadette

Here the trees speak

when your back is turned.

Sometimes they whisper,

or mutter and moan,

and off in the distance

you can hear one

shifting its roots,

purposefully

‘mid earth and stone

it creaks,

bark rubbing a voice,

they’re talking in turn..

Here at Cedar Junction

near Toy Creek,

I hear the trees speak.

 

Bernadette Boscacci, 3 July 2014
Walsh River, North Queensland. Australia

All the while

the wind is blowing through

in overlapping waves,

intermittent frog and cricket calls

punctuate the air

that’s already awash with sound.

 

And twigs drop upon tin roof

to remind us that

all is not static.

 

Deadwood,

blow through

be aware

and alive to what is now,

we may not have it much longer.

Paluma, north Queensland.

2020

 

 

 

Figures in / figuring the landscape

Day 1, residency at Callemondah Studios, Illawarra, NSW.

Listening to small talk in the kitchen where it is snug and still, I felt compelled to seek solitude outdoors, to absorb nature, the new surrounds and soak up the sun’s rays.

Sitting in the afternoon sun with the wind roaring all around, the birdcalls are lost.

The trees take up the chatter, each communicating with the next, through textures, colours, sounds and scents.

Standing stones hold strong and still against the gusts. Magnolia petals fall and dried leaves twirl in whirly-gigs around the cows.

All the while the wind gathers, builds, carries and rushes across the escarpment overhead. It moves in waves down the valley to where I sit outside the stone buildings.

Eddying below, the wind sounds like the sea but it can’t be, as it’s some distance away – a slip of deep blue on the horizon, beyond the undulating fields, rows of cows, trees and houses.

Immersing myself in this crisp mountain air feels luxurious, stimulating and new.  It awakens my senses and clears my mind.

And as the afternoon quickens, the cold starts to settle and chill the wind.

I am driven to the indoors where it is still, fire warmth and human talk fills the air.

6/9/17

Bread and Circuses is an art exhibition and residency project taking place at Chrissie Cotter Gallery in Sydney – 22 August to 4 September 2017. Collaborating artists Bernadette Boscacci and Sharon Kitching will present a multi-media installation of playful and visually engaging artworks, accompanied by a program of artist-led community workshops and activities in the gallery space. 

Bread and Circuses explores the notions of play / interplay with humour and gravity, through assemblage, sculpture, paintings and drawings. Spurred on by the thrill of creation and love of communication, Bernadette and Sharon have been in discussion about this evolving body of work since 2015. 

Following is a selection of works by Bernadette and links to both artists’ work. 

Bernadette and Sharon are also involved in Golden Bee  1994 – 2017.

Evolving social media culture has created an interest in documenting experiences, and this exhibition will be supported by a detailed online presence (using Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook) to share our creations and receive feedback and exposure for our work.

Sharon Kitching Portfolio

Weaving progress – A photograph from Bernadette’s studio on one of my visits to Townsville – watching Bernadette create is a pleasure, and the colours are intense (as you can see). Everything is vibrant under the queensland sun. Sharon Kitching 2016 http://deepwarren.tumblr.com

http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elearningdesign/sharon.html

 

February 2017