the hole truth

the whole hole (go to whoa) (or woe?)

2009-11-20T22:01:00.000-08:00

finishing touches ...

2009-11-15T01:09:00.000-08:00

at last...

2009-11-15T01:00:00.000-08:00

opening day pix

2009-11-15T00:49:00.000-08:00

opening day .. at last.

2009-11-15T00:44:00.000-08:00

talkin' shit and shovellin' sawdust

2009-10-14T06:06:00.000-07:00

and then the sun shone. and the blowies blew.

2009-10-12T04:32:00.000-07:00

the virtual ice bait & tackle crew

2009-10-12T04:24:00.000-07:00

One day we'll laugh about the rain

2009-10-12T04:15:00.001-07:00

Heather's Shell Raising

2009-10-12T04:07:00.000-07:00

making the devil's hole

2009-09-12T05:23:00.000-07:00

A little night work at the art home

2009-09-10T08:36:00.000-07:00

big wet day on the green

2009-09-08T05:49:00.000-07:00

newspapers, sawdust, shovels, shortcake

2009-09-05T04:53:00.000-07:00

sawdust day

2009-09-05T04:28:00.000-07:00

boys at work :-). good dog. details details.

2009-08-30T02:55:00.001-07:00

real lakes entrance fishermen

2009-08-28T03:44:00.000-07:00

more ice bait & tackle

2009-08-28T03:30:00.000-07:00

ice, bait, tackle & flies

2009-08-26T07:58:00.000-07:00

Chris and I went out to Sarsfield today to film Bob Frandsen at work. Tying flies. Amaaazing. A zillion little drawers full of hundred year old hooks, threads, feathers, fox fur, pig wool, squirrel fur .. and folders and files full of his alluring flies. Lorraine made us all teas and coffees and cake, while Bob performed his [very seldom seen] craft. (apparently he's the only one in Australia). luckily he's got a pheasant farm up the road (for the feathers). Got a few shots, but Chris took the film.. that's gonna be part of the Ice Bait & Tackle installation. so groovy.

http://www.salmonflies.net/contributor34.html

2009-08-26T07:55:00.000-07:00

more progress.

2009-08-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

belskyj's unnatural beauty

2009-08-23T05:01:00.000-07:00

more bees

2009-08-23T04:55:00.000-07:00

hey thanks to everyone who came along and helped us get planted. it made such a difference to have many hands making light. Moving shit, rocks, dirt and stuff. It was great. Carole stuck with it all weekend (thanks!) and got 5 of the beds planted. I reckon Getz and I will get the remaining ones done this week. So hopefully the next bee will be more about filling in the gaps. (between the beds) ie. making it actually LOOK like a minigolf course. :-)

I took a pic late tonight. but it turned out too dark. the site looks fantastic at dusk. (still a bit rough in full light) but .. it is getting there. and the artwork is gonna look great. Check out Gary Belskyj's little video of his piece. (next blog). so exciting.

working bees

2009-08-23T04:34:00.000-07:00

at the lefcol desk

2009-08-18T06:33:00.000-07:00

my favourite image of the day. :-)

ice bait & tackle

2009-08-18T06:23:00.000-07:00

Chris, Gary, Rick and I had a fantastic tour of the iceworks at Lakes today. I got heaps of great photos. Hopefully Chris got lots of good video too. It was perfect. (for the 'ice' part of the ice bait and tackle hole.)

:-) just some of my favourites

22 AUGUST & 5 SEPTEMBER WORKING BEES (please)

2009-08-08T05:29:00.000-07:00

taking shape...

2009-08-08T04:58:00.000-07:00

Getz has been moving rocks big time. Need to organise a working bee to get some vegies planted. Hmmm SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER sounds good to me. Hope we can get a few there.

Richard and Kim dropped in at Nowa Nowa today. Had a great chat about the ICE BAIT & TACKLE bit.. and the overall big idea. Sounds fab. now just gotta collect fridges, eskies, tvs and loads of other things.. that shouldn't be too hard .... :S

haha. actually it sounds like fun.

and. Catherine is rounding up some artists and a whole bunch of other good stuff ... for another installation thingy.. it really is going to happen!

now.. we need some good editorial coverage.. just not sure what might be best.. perhaps I'll lose some sleep about that tonight! :-)

vegie beds in need of vegies

2009-08-01T02:33:00.000-07:00

cameron robbins

2009-07-25T02:52:00.001-07:00

oh. and if you don't know Cameron's work, this is one of his most famous..
Double Vortex commissioned for CH2 City of Melbourne

Devil's Hole (in-One)

2009-07-25T02:25:00.000-07:00

For those of you who haven't heard the news - we've got the marvellous Cameron Robbins (http://www.cameronrobbins.com/) coming to build a minigolf hole at Nowa Nowa.

He's doing the Devil's Hole - which is a feature of Lake Tyers.

Cameron came and stayed - he's paddled the lake, star gazed, fished, and drawn. And now he's ready to start work. (in August/September). Hope everyone can get here to meet him.

Cameron's dates are: Sun Sept 6 to Sun Sept 13, and again on Monday Oct 19 to Saturday 24. Then back for the opening weekend on Melbourne Cup Weekend.

yay colin (and lorraine)

2009-07-09T17:37:00.000-07:00

it's looking fab and working a treat. love it. love it. omg. the whole thing is starting to even LOOK like a minigolf course!

yeah yeah too bloody cold..

2009-07-04T06:56:00.000-07:00

but we know who does the real work

2009-06-27T17:39:00.000-07:00

(not)

Billy and I work out the Pythagoras thing

2009-06-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

While Getz and Heather do the real work...

Boys & Barrows

2009-06-27T17:22:00.000-07:00

the Boyle Bridge to Marlo

2009-06-27T17:16:00.000-07:00

Heebling Heather.

2009-06-12T05:18:00.000-07:00

Well movements everywhere.

Colin has just been in to talk details. sounds good.

Gary B was here earlier in the week. digging holes. pouring concrete. cussing. (pix to follow soon)

And Heebling Heather is sanding away at home... and looking gorgeous.

tall twitter pix

2009-05-29T02:33:00.001-07:00

Janie and I'm not sure who..

Liz & Catherine .

soooo good to see everyone. :-)

shame I burned the cake. but the muffins were pretty good. still working on the coffee urn. ... for this week.

but i hear rain. so maybe a lousy weekend coming up.

a groovy twitter/hole truth weekend

2009-05-29T02:19:00.000-07:00

The Radfords (Des & Rose) with some great Nowa Nowa stories of brassieres and butchers.

Rita Friend and friend

Di with friends.

busy all weekend really.

Bess Larkins, Sonns, Phil & Getzel.

Ali Mackie and Andrea

Heather and Billy. Too romantic by half.

Des and Rose and Getzel.

Helen and Bo. (or Beau?)

colin's update ... love it.

2009-05-25T04:40:00.000-07:00

had a great twitter weekend. all the artists in one place. and lots of people passing through. better get the pix off my camera. but in the meantime. here's a coupla colin's.

tafe twitter team

2009-05-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

ground work at last

2009-05-13T05:54:00.000-07:00

2009-05-06T06:13:00.000-07:00

I thought you might be interested to see one (or maybe 2, or maybe more to follow) of our Twitter pieces. This one has come from our wonderful EGiTAFE Visual Arts Students who continue to inject Nowa Nowa with great arty stuff. Thanks specially to Catherine Larkins and Jenny Toye for making it all happen. And thanks to the individual student/artists whose names I will add when I have the full list. You can see more of Twitter at http://www.nowanowamade.com/

Annnnd for those of you wondering what Twitter has to do with The Hole Truth ... I figured that what The Hole Truth needs is a point of access for the rest of the world. To encourage all and sundry to enter the obscure world of arty minigolf. I liked birds as a subject. And especially cos 'birdies' and 'eagles' and 'albatrosses' all seemed so appropriate. So we figured the 'clubhouse' should have a birdie exhibition.

Thennnnnnn I found this pattern for very cute sewable birds. http://www.nowanowa.com/twitter/birdpattern1-1.pdf

Soooo. I emailed the pattern to a few sewers to see if they would take it on as a bit of a fun project. Luckily lots did. And so Twitter was born.

Quite a few local artists have contributed birds. And the latest TAFE stuff has been the icing on the cake. I love it all.

TAFE stuff won't be installed until next week. But all will be in place for the next open days on 23 & 24 May. Hope you all can make it along for Tee.

fish face

2009-05-04T06:10:00.000-07:00

hey thanks Cynthia! glad to hear everyone is working hard. Don't forget the 23rd of May (ie to be here!) . Daniel is doing a bit of a talk about his work. Twitter will be open. We'll have Tee. and TeeCake. So would be nice to get everyone together in the one place. The place is looking great . all spruced up. ready for us to get going. and hopefully we'll have Richard with us for some filming. Loads of other things on the boil.. all fitting in nicely around the Hole Truth. The pressure is on (sorta). see you here! :-)

THE MONTH OF MAY

2009-04-13T07:02:00.000-07:00

Hi again. hey. nice to hear that everyone is making progress with their art. Getzel has been making progress with planning permits, excavation plans, blackberries - and even a grand vision.

So .... just a reminder that May 23 and 24 are designated East Gippsland on Show days.

Daniel Jenkins is spending some of that time on-site demonstrating marquette-planting skills. I'll double check his times - but it would be good to have a few others around for moral support :-)

Hopefully Richard will be able to make it along to do some filming too. Um. more soon. Im thinking we'll cancel the proposed gathering on 2 May (Getzel will be in New Zealand) - but feel free to arrange any individual dates with us if you need to.

2009-04-13T06:36:00.000-07:00

Colin demonstrates his rolling balls.

The Twitter exhibition. um. for those that didn't get it. was based on 'the birdie'.

WWOOFer #1 at work. Robin does great paint. Persistent Paint. What a marvel.

WWOOFer #2 at work. Unai - our man from the Basque country. Does great blackberries, pizzas, coffee & posthole digging.

plans plans plans

2009-04-04T03:46:00.000-07:00

Hmm. just tried to make an image that captures a bit of what's going on.. so I can send it to the paper.. unfortunately I don't have images from Heather or Cynthia here.. so I'll have to go with the boys toys. oh well. they ARE all pretty good huh? See you all on Saturday the 11th. at 10am . on the minigolf site!

work begins ...

2009-03-31T09:51:00.000-07:00

So.. it seems that everyone is beavering away at their projects. Dear Colin has kindly provided a taste of what's to come. you gotta love it. Hope everyone can come along on the 11th. so much to talk about. Getzel has been busy with council permits. I've submitted an application to RAV for a new hole. fingers crossed.

Oh - and Red Tractor just got the job of marketing the Creative Gippsland - be inspired arts festival in May. Daniel is doing a maquette-making demo on our site on the 23rd or 24th of May (and at his studio on the other weekends) so.. I'd better crackin and do some publicity for that too!

Oh. and lots of other things too. but will tell you about that at a more civilised time.

artists on site: Saturday 11 April 10am

2009-03-15T05:42:00.000-07:00

oh one thing to remember is the date of the next artist day.
Saturday 11 April. 10am
it's reeeally nice if we can all get together for an update.

come at 10ish. have a romp around the place. bring a little food to share. or come empty handed. we dont mind.

all going to plan we will try to do some recording of stories (audio or video)(whatever)

oh! I have also applied for some $s from the EG Arts Alliance to let us collect some minigolf stories (ie snippets of local stories to be embedded in the space using low tech equipment.. mobile phones, drive in speakers, that sort of thing). more finger-crossing required... :-)

March !!!??

2009-03-15T05:14:00.000-07:00

ok. well. everyone should have their first payment by now. and some interesting conversations have been happening :-)

as you all probably know, I've been in Melbourne studying 'art in public spaces' (rmit) and it is realllllly fantastic. i think I've been sucked in completely. And its been good to see that what we've been doing in Nowa Nowa really stacks up pretty well.

there was one artist [http://taisnaith.com/ ]who presented some of her work which was part of the Next Wave Festival and eerily like our own Open for Inspection project .. and guess what.. she was hoping to do Mini Golf Course next. so that was all sorta cool to hear/see.

the other v groovy artist.. oh actually there were quite a few i could mention.. but one of particular interest is Cameron Robbins. http://www.cameronrobbins.com/

I've asked him if he would come down and do a hole if I can find some dosh. he said yes. so am hoping I might be able to rustle some up. (I've put in an application to RAV, but I know it wasn't one of my best. so am a bit nervous about that. )but anyway.. fingers crossed. I reckon he would be a really great addition to the space...

On a slightly different tangent. We've asked WWOOF http://www.wwoof.com.au/ to be 'supporters' of the project, to help promote the project to visiting wwoofers, which they have agreed to do ... so that's neat .

Getz has also spoken to the East Gippsland Association of Organic Agriculture to see if they would like to be involved in the development of the vegie garden..http://www.organicagriculture.asn.au/OAA%20History.htm

Um. I think there's a few other things I need to tell you ... later....

more pix of the day..

2009-03-09T07:03:00.001-07:00

artist day. my favourite bit

2009-03-07T18:26:00.000-08:00

easy gabbing. picking sites. crappy coffees. wobbly picnic tables. all make me feel good.
thanks for coming along guys.

daniel jenkins hotdogfilms metung

only one guess who did the catering nowa nowa-style

artist pix of site highlights

2009-03-07T17:58:00.000-08:00

dear ol' dj has supplied the following pix for me. cos i've left my camera in melbourne.
(and his are better any way).

daniel jenkins hotdogfilms metung

daniel jenkins hotdogfilms metung

Contracts out. Invoices in. Juxtapoz

2009-02-24T04:27:00.000-08:00

so. hopefully all the paperwork is on its way in or out. :-) phew.

hey Cynthia here's the handpainted fishing lures that mentioned. (on juxtapoz.com) and I found the original site ...http://www.finkbuilt.com/gallery/index.html

this is one of them. i also liked that each artist had to say when they last went fishing... http://www.finkbuilt.com/gallery/hughmacdonald.html (hmmmm... im thinking of mini-mini-video/audio. snippets of thoughts.. if we get the arts alliance funding that is..) just food for thought .. you know...

see ya :-)
A

The hole really begins

2009-02-21T14:29:00.000-08:00

Well . had a great get together on Saturday morning.

We've signed up our 5 artists to get going. Gary Belskyj, Heather Johnson, Daniel Jenkins, Cynthia Boyle and Colin Brimblecombe. Maybe with a few more in the pipeline. (if/when we get the funding).

Richard came along to start filming. And Mendy (the Mayor) made it too. Oh and Ngaere from Orbost (well Loch End apparently!) and Trin and Bill from Cabbage Tree Creek (to help us think about landscaping) and Catherine Larkins (ever supportive!). Oh and Robin our amaaazing wwoofer.

I think that's everyone. It was great to finally all sit around the table eat, drink and be very merry. and plot the future.

The whole hole details online soon. :-)

sunday. the rest of the world comes to us

2009-01-25T00:55:00.000-08:00

John is proud of his proposal.

So is Colin.

tweaking begins

2009-01-24T04:26:00.000-08:00

Well, we've got some grreat proposals. Now we've just gotta fine tune em all. So this week Red Tractor is on the road. ( Bruthen and Buchan so far!)
And remember. on 21 Feb (Saturday). We all rendezvous at Yelens to chat, meet the press, impress the pollies. (and have brekkie).

Billy distracts Heather in Buchan

2009-01-24T04:20:00.000-08:00

G1 & G2

2009-01-24T04:04:00.000-08:00

First stop Bruthen. Had a great chat with Gary B about bees, boxes, botanica & blacksmithing. What a guy.

Proposals. Yay!

2009-01-14T15:19:00.000-08:00

omg. the proposals are arriving and they look fantastic. I'm so excited. I'd better get cracking on finding more dollars I reckon. I don't want to have to skimp on anything.

I've had this idea that I'd like to do something in textiles. old beach towels. they are such great colours. hmmm. maybe getting the surf club as a partner. beach umbrellas. banana lounges. now.. all i need is an artist. :-) or two.

Proposal day!

2009-01-12T12:24:00.000-08:00

Hey. Deadline day. (Well. Deadline Week). Thanks to those of you who have sent stuff already.
Oooh. It's getting exciting. It's all looking great. As a matter of interest.. I just sent Mandy at Arts Victoria an update on our progress and she was happy to know we were 'over the hump'. (The Hump of Procrastination) and on to the Fairway.

Just as a matter of interest, if anyone was thinking of incorporating old caravan scrap into their work. Bruce at the General Store had his damaged in a storm a few weeks ago. I gather it's a write-off, though he is going to use the chassis for something else. But there is a lot of other material that could potentially suit someone's project going at a reasonable price?

Um. Anyway. As soon as we have all the submissions in ( end of this week ) we'll propose a date for another get-together.

cya.

2009-01-05T03:47:00.000-08:00

FYI - We've posted an updated Artist's BRIEF here under LINKS (on the right there) - and a FORM you can use to submit your RESPONSE to us. It's not essential to use it, just means we get your contact details and all the info we need.
:-) A

Site inspection

2008-12-13T03:13:00.001-08:00

Yep. At last. Our first real get together at the 19th Hole ( Nowa Nowa Hotel) and then a site inspection in unexpectedly glorious sunshine.

A good turn up (once everyone found us) and lotsa good ideas to 'get the ball rolling'.

All the paperwork will be downloadable shortly (the initial Brief Brief).

We are working on a detailed spec (ie the fine print) before anyone will be asked to commit to the project. (you know, safety, longevity, insurance all that stuff).

In the meantime everyone has been asked to get their thinking caps on and submit proposals by 13 January 2009.

Oh. and anyone who missed the session, can contact us for a personal site inspection between now and then just email me (Andrea)

The future site of the GLEN BOGGY GOLF CLUB, NOWA NOWA >>

THE HOLE TRUTH A NOWA NOWA ARTS PROJECT.

2008-09-09T05:11:00.000-07:00

CALL FOR ARTISTS. V SPECIAL ARTISTS.
V SPECIAL GIPPSLAND ARTISTS

Please download the [biggish] pdf if you'd like to find out more.

Artist briefing session
10am Saturday 13 December 2008
@ the Nowa Nowa Hotel , then on-site walk

Red Tractor Art, Nowa Nowa, are excited (if a little surprised) to be announcing the launch of their latest project – an artist-built mini-golf course!

Excited, because every artist we’ve asked, has always wanted to build one. Surprised, because, well, you don’t always convince the funding bodies that you’ve really got another great idea.

Thankfully Arts Victoria think it is, and have provided the funding to go ahead. That means exciting commissions for local artists, and the creation of another ‘out of the ordinary’ Nowa Nowa sculpture.

The plan now is to design and build a contemporary, life-size, ‘interactive’ artwork – in the form of 9 minigolf holes – and we are calling on Gippsland artists to take up the challenge.

As you’d imagine, this project presents quite a few artistic challenges.

Firstly, each ‘hole’ needs to reflect some element of the Gippsland character. A local ‘truth’.

We don’t know what those elements might be yet … caravans, geothermal hotspots, jellyfish, blue green algae, sleeper cutters, Indigenous culture, CWA d'oileys- who knows? However we are sure that after the initial briefing session, artists will be inspired to find the the ‘truth’ that their work (if selected) will reflect.

Proposed works will need to be excellent, robust, resolved, exciting, witty, and well-suited to the landscape. And should tell us 'something' about Gippsland life - perhaps from a new perspective.

We’re not looking for ‘murals’ or ‘words’, but rather, shapes, materials and ideas crafted by artists to create an extraordinary sculptural work - multimedia, neon, marineply, sound, kinetic - we're open to all kinds of ideas.

Of course, we’re not looking for corny cliches of Gippsland life. We like quirky, unexpected ideas.

So, we are now calling for artists who would like to know more.

There will be an initial briefing – open to all interested (or curious) artists - at the Nowa Nowa Hotel at 10am, Saturday, 13 December where Gary Yelen will give an overview of the project, processes, budgets and timelines.

Proposals will be received over the following weeks, and then shortlisted by a panel of selectors in early January.

[Proposals will be ranked on a range of criteria - including the artist's ability to demonstrate their engagement with a sector of the Gippsland community. Quirky, marginal , mainstream ... whatever - but stories, artfully told, are crucial.]

Phase one of the project will commission four artists to complete their work in time for the East Gippsland on Show event in May 2009.

email Andrea for more info

AND.

PLEASE READ THIS ONLINE ARTICLE IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INSPIRED about the (alleged) artistic significance of minigolf ... :-)