Visible Hands
Will Foster and Gabrielle de Vietri
Public Art Melbourne Biennial Lab, Melbourne Festival
18-23 October 2016
Through a process of embodied research, Gabrielle de Vietri and Will Foster from A Centre for Everything have discovered and developed the unspoken language used by traders at the Queen Victoria Market. From everyday dealings to embedded cultural codes, hand gestures are used to direct, connect, communicate and play across the stalls of the marketplace. Participants are invited to explore the contested past, present and future of the site in a hands-on self-guided tour.
Time: Market days, 10-2pm
Starting point: Shed E, Stall 75. Map.
Instruction: Ask for Ivano
Duration: Approximately 30-40 minutes
Visible Hands was made with participation of:
Rocco Tripodi – Market Juice, Ivano Guseli – Caricatures by Ivano, Leo Elias – the Engraver, Sharon Brooks – The Traditional Pasta Shop, Cathy Ford and Mick Foggie – Melbourne Poultry, Joanne Davis, Diana Stathis, Will from Rare earth Rock, Marshal and Franck from Rewine, John from QVM Mobile, Irene from Victoria Market Gifts, Bruce from Bruce Goose, Kris from Art and Groove, Leo and Mathew from Eggsperts, Cameron and Robyn fron Inner Essentials, Morris from ME Fashions, Kris from Orchard Mueslis, Callum from 3rd Generation, Carmel from Il Fruittivendolo, Lawrence from Andrew’s Bread, Linda from Sardes Quality Meats, Brendan from Swords Wines
Project assistants
Lauren Cruickshank, Kiah Pullens, Alejandra Díaz, Haydn Louis Allen, Liam David Denny
Rasha Tayeh, Lauren Cruickshank, Simon Massey di Vallazza, Brigid Hansen, Lachlan Anthony
Volunteers
Jenny Raff, Clare De Silva
Install
Lucas Maddock, David the boxman
Photography
Bryony Jackson
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