There were three pieces in this show. All the pieces were relational; viewers were asked to offer prayers, questions, suggestions or apologies depending on the piece. The opening reception was a tea party. The idea for a tea party instead of the usual wine reception was to make it more social and conducive to interacting with the pieces. It also tied into my interest in cultural hybridity and rituals created during the eighteenth century as a result of commodities and cultural exchange with Asia.Ask the Cosmos/Prayer Tree offered viewers an opportunity to post a question to the 'cosmos' or offer a prayer on the tree. I was pleased at the variety of comments that were posted, from poetry to drawings of an 'iceberger' (Am. English 'ice cream sandwich'). The work was a musing about time --cosmic time, elandscape time, tree time, a moment in time.
The other painting, Helpful Hints the viewer was asked to comment about the work on the work itself --- to make their thoughts transparent.
Apologies was a board on
which one could offer apologies on cards with quasi-Victorian sentiments by filling in the blanks. 'Please excuse my appalling want of ______ for _______ing on your _______.'
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