Archives: Performance, Installation Art and Sculpture

“Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. It is concerned with the perception part of thinking. This is where we organise the external world into the pieces we can then ‘process’.” Edward de Bono Today Yannick did a photo and video shoot with […]

A video and photo shoot by Yannick Soyez “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”  – William Arthur Ward  I am not smiling today but once Yannick arrives and gives me a hug and makes me a cup of coffee with my coffee machine then I should cheer up. I feel a bit […]

“I feel most comfortable in an old pair of jeans, Converse, and a man’s jersey. My best friend cuts my hair with kitchen scissors.”  Jane Birkin Today when Yannick arrives, I am going to do a video/photo shoot of me wearing first white converse all-star sneakers holding a box with a small cardboard building structure […]

“A liminal zone, or liminal space, is a transitional area or state of being, existing between two distinct conditions or stages. It’s a place of ambiguity and uncertainty, often characterized by a feeling of being “in-between”. The term comes from the Latin word “limen,” meaning threshold. Liminal spaces can be physical, like an empty hallway or airport, or psychological, […]

Video by Yannick Soyez “Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. “ Edward De Bono Today Yannick shot me holding a series of books I want to read that I have bought online over the past few years. Then at the end I did a […]

Video and Photos by Yannick Soyez I took the title of this documentation of a beach performance from one of Saint Francis famous quotes. There are several parts: me holding a simple plasterboard and plaster sculpture of a rectangular box with a small doorway at the front. I originally made this sculpture in 1995 at […]

My apartment is a never ending performance ground inspired by Katthy Cavalieres bedroom in a cardboard box performance at Artspace : Past Times Bedroom Series. Included are photos of my apartment when it was minimal and new shots of the jam-packed apartment with lots of art in the photos. It is a performance where how […]

An Exhibition at Kirra Hill Community Centre Luke Foster and install and documentation by Yannick Soyez 16th-30th June/ 9am-4pm 1 Garrick St, Coolangatta QLD 4225 “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi This art work is an installation where different mediums within a […]

I wanted to do a video/ photo shoot today at the beach but Yannick suggested that we wait until later so we can do the shoot in the afternoon so my face isn’t in the shadow. The shoot is to go in my next solo show at Kirra Hill titled: “Sometimes I am a Scaredy-Cat […]

“Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature – it’s the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.”  Bjork Bjork is my favourite musician and she is a casual genius when it comes to composing her music. But it’s her campaigning to save […]

Video and Photos by Yannick Soyez“Never see a need without doing something about it” Mary MacKillop This is a two-channel video installation that me and Yannick shot yesterday at my apartment for the first video and the second video at the beach. Normally we do just one simple video at a time but this time […]

Competing to be the World’s Greatest Grandmother/ An Installation by Luke Foster and with help installing and documenting Yanick Soyez “Find happiness in making others happy.” Mary MacKillop I love this quote by Mary MacKillop Australia’s saint and I hope to make people happy with attempts at humour in my art. This exhibition is a […]

Video and Photos by Yannick Soyez Me and Yannick shot this video today and the shoot was about literally and metaphorically swimming between the flags and over the years I have been rescued twice while surfing and swimming and so I have great respect for the surf lifesavers or clubbies as we affectionately call them […]

Video Shot by Yannick Soyez “Stop drawing yourself and use colour.” My mum Maria The title of this DVD a mix up of the best beach performances mainly over the last few years shall take centre place in my next solo show: Competing to be the Worlds Greatest Grandmother. There is also a simple video […]

Video shoot by Yannick Soyez and Essay and Performer me Luke Foster “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” Oprah Winfrey As I wrote in my last essay, I should put the female role models in my essays and as role models for my […]

Essay by Luke Foster “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the last few days, I made a sculpture prop to go in a beach performance this afternoon and this Martin Luther King quote was in the back of my mind when I […]

The Ocean Room is the first video installation I made. It combines a simplified wooden building with stairs leading to a video image. It reflects a contemplative state of mind.  I spent a lot of time in my bedroom in Avalon Sydney reading novels, writing, listening to music and drawing and surfing every day at […]

Video and Photos by Yannick Soyez “I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. “ Dalai Lama I love […]

Video and photos by Yannick Soyez “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” Dalai Lama As usual I started this short artist statement with a compassionate Dalai Lama quote. He is kind of […]

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” Dalai Lama I did this beach shoot with Yannick today and it involved me in a 18th Century Victorian hat, jacket and shirt and black Levi’s jeans and blue converse all-star shoes. I was holding cardboard boxes with the word happiness written in black […]

Installation by Luke Foster and Video and Photos by Yannick Soyez “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”  Dalai Lama Just today I packed up this solo show at Kirra Hill Community Centre and below are a video and photos by Yannick. I won’t write to much […]

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Dalai Lama

This was a along essay and I feel it was interesting despite this.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character.”  Martin Luther King, Jr. I made this reading this morning and the video was shot by my support worker Yannick […]

Video by Yannick Soyez “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”  Dalai Lama This is one of the few things I’ve written in recent years that doesn’t have at least one Dalai Lama quote in it so I thought I would pop this one in […]