Lazy Days Girls

" When I heard the title Lazy Days, the stories and images which came to mind were nostalgic childhood memories based in a small country town in the 50s & 60s. Cubbies and clubs, days at the local pool, or weeks at the beach, daisy chains, reading, swings & slides & swap cards, cowboys & indians, walking to school... Maybe not so very lazy days! But freedom to play, create our own narratives, learn.

This was a time when childhood was spent outdoors - before computers, and right at the cusp of TV - indeed, we were the first in our street to have a TV and there would often be a roomful of kids clustered round the set to watch the Mickey Mouse club. But this was also a time when we hadn"t heard, or hadn't thought about the impact or growing material prosperity was having on our planet's climate; didn't realise all the magic new chemicals could be a problem; we were a White Australia and the original inhabitants didn't have the vote

These girls are my respons to the concept of lazy Days

At MIFGS March 2011

Ready for lazy Days Exhibition, October 2010

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