Carolyn Cardinet: Visual Art Blog

Starting the new year with a show at PS50 one of the newest alternative galleries in town. The show is about how interesting opposite can be. As Christmas is in summer in Australia, I will be recreating the feeling of the wintery Christmas of my youth with a little difference as it is presented in Melbourne on our long hot summer nights for the month of February 2015. Nine Large snowflakes  created from single use plastic packaging found in our back lanes will be backlit in window boxes along Orr st (opposite cafe). PS50 on facebook The show 'White Nights' will run from 2 Feb2 till 15 March 2015

This is the interview by Ebru Halimoff that was published in the Maribyrnong Star Weekly  Footscray artist Carolyn Cardinet’s message against littering Ebru Halimoff | 13:22:PM 10/12/2014 Wednesday December 17, 2014   Carolyn Cardinet and her artwork created from waste.  Photo: Damjan Janevski A local artist has created art from Footscray’s waste and plastic debris to highlight the problem of littering. Carolyn Cardinet’s Monument to Footscray is on display in the courtyard of Footscray library until December 20.   Ms Cardinet has been collecting white waste from local streets and has been keeping a record of her findings in Footscray. She says three totems she built in the public area represent what she has seen in Footscray. “I’m doing this because plastic is full of contaminates,” she said. “It releases toxins when in the water, polluting the water and finding its way back into our food. “We should use glass containe...

Installing my residency work  'Monuments to Footscray'  Today the Footscray Library Courtyard was transformed from this to this

The story behind this artist residency at Artsbox has been captured in a short film format for you to view Thank you Dan Rozario for doing a fabulous job on this video: The Beauty of Trash Artsbox Artist Residency                                                        To view click on Vimeo link below                                                              http://vimeo.com/112121383

Last Day Artwork finished! A few locals came in to see the close to finished work ' Monument to Footscray' during the day. An installation of three totems to create awareness on local plastic consumerism which is spreading across the World.  The work will be on display at the Footscray library in the courtyard from Monday 23rd November 2014

Scavenger Days are nearly OVER One of my last day picking up rubbish today I have concentrated in the last minute design of the Totem and went to pick up flatten plastic bottles Photo by Debbie Punton Today the lovely warm weather brought many visitors, some recurring friendly people, to the studio. Many budding artists live in the area and use the #FootscrayLibrary extensively I must say that the library has an amazing program catering for all the communities from the Maribyrnong area. Here are some photos of the flatten bottles gathered from one area along French Street( how appropriate). This was before a lovely vietnamese lunch at #PhoHungVuongSaigon next to Nab at 128 Hopkins st, right opposite #Trocadero and #FiveWalls galleries. I always love coming to this restaurant where the locals go and have never been disappointed. That was after I took my friends on a tour of my favorite Footscray market #LittleSaigonMarket where the products are soooo fresh they are s...

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