AusBonsai

I will be having a small, 2 day exhibit featuring featuring 3 separate trees. The exhibition titled "Bonsai - A Contextual and Cultural Study", aims to explore bonsai within a contemporary Australian context whilst commenting on the cultural influences that can be transcribed within the making and display of the tree. The exhibition will feature basic and simplistic display containing a combination of form and text to immerse the viewer in the display through its purpose and intent.

Where: AT building foyer, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW.
When: Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th November 2015
9am - 4pm

I will be at the University on both days the trees are on show, however i may or may not be directly in the building the whole time so if you would like to catch up or have a chat! id love to do so! Either send me a PM here prior to the day or on the day give me a buzz on 0429195514.

Hugh

Night worker on night before and nights off but will try to drop in.

Less than a week now!
The exhibit will be up next Wednesday the 4th November !

Here is a sneak preview of what ive been working on in preparation

nice

Exhibition is on tomorrow! having a busy day getting the trees ready !

here is another sneak preview of part of the exhibit.
enjoy.

Will hopefully come up today is the photography part of the exhibit...

Hi Jason
Hope you can make it!
No the exhibit consists of just the 3 displays. Photography is promotional only in this instance .
Cheers,
Hugh

I enjoyed it so did my 4 yo son even the wife was impressed with the Mel and the repurposed casserole dish. Also found it appropriate that these two sculptures are just outside.

Ducked in for a quick look this arvo and was blown away by Hugh's eye for detail.

First of all, his stands and placement of the trees at hip to chest height, although a trivial thing it makes a world of difference. Especially for anyone over 5'.

His trees are fantastic in their current state and will only get better. He does native bonsai a solid favour by showing his mel stripped and refined . Its good for anyone wanting to learn the secrets behind meticulous branch and foliage placement.

Top job H.G. 10/10 would spectate again, good luck with your other show!!!!

Last week my exhibition "Bonsai: a Contextual and cultural study" was held at the University of Newcastle. The exhibition featured 3 separate trees all commenting on the idea of cultural idea of bonsai in Australia and how they may be examined and visualised.
Thank you to all whom attended, i hope you enjoyed it.
Here are pictures of the event, enjoy!

Beautiful photos

Hi Hugh ,Beautiful little presentation ,love the direction there heading . Cheers John.

Matthew wrote:Beautiful photos

Thankyou I spent a while trying to document this so that those whom couldn't come would get a good idea of what was done.

boom64 wrote:Hi Hugh ,Beautiful little presentation ,love the direction there heading . Cheers John.

Thanks John !