Archives: Performance, Installation Art and Sculpture

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 […]

Video by the Amazing Yannick Soyez This is the shortest piece in my book Mothers Love. It’s not really an essay but a sort of short passage. “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”  Martin Luther King, Jr.

Essay From Mothers Love and Video by the Amazing Yannick Soyez “We may have different religions, different languages, different coloured skin, but we all belong to one human race”   Kofi Annan This essay reading filmed by Yannick is my playful take on supporting work of the amazing charity UNICEF and all the important work they […]

Video shot by Yannick Soyez of Essay from Mothers Love Book  This is a not so serious essay that I have read from my book Mothers Love. I am hoping that if this book sells I can put a second book of essays titled: Am I Going in Circles?

Exhibition by Luke Foster “Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.”– Shunryu Suzuki Kirra Hill Community Centre Art Gallery This exhibition documentation particularly the walk around video explains the show so I won’t write much about it. The most important element is the video of me on the beach […]

“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”  Bill Gates I love this quote by Bill Gates and I agree completely as I love getting constructive criticism so I can be a better person. “The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than […]

Video shot by Yannick Soyez I shot this video with Yannick this morning about Aussie music and musicians who I like and who do amazing things in the world too.

Essay Reading by Luke Foster and Video by Yannick Soye This essay is about two contemporary artists and Henry Rollins who is famously straight edge. Straight edge means to not drink, smoke or take drugs.

Thanks to Yannick Soyez for Shooting this Video I felt a bit sad when I viewed this video as my stomach is bulging so I need to keep up my two hours beach walking and watch my diet. I have been trying to become a better person by doing at least ten meditative drawings a […]

Video and Photos by Yannick Soyez “Only through compassion and inner peace, can one spread peace in the world. Inner peace leads to a peaceful individual and then this peaceful individual can build a peaceful family, then a peaceful community, then a peaceful world,” Dalai Lama I think if anyone can mediate peace in the […]

Shot by Yannick Soyez The video was shot in glary light but please purchase my Book Mothers Love so I can put out another book of essays I have already that I want to call am I going in Circles?

Video by Luke Foster shot by Yannick Soyez Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, 13 February 2008: “We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.” I won’t write much about this essay reading as its all pretty self-explanatory.

“Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.” Dalai Lama I shot this video with Yannick this morning and I was going to add an extra section shot on the beach […]

“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 This essay was written a few years ago and is mainly about how Tibetan Buddhism has helped me cope with my complex problems mainly […]

Book reading from my book of essays Mothers Love. This essay is about the importance of teachers training the next generation. Video shot by Yannick Soyez. “Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility […]

Performance by Luke Foster and Video/Photography by Yannick Soyez “Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.”  Edward de […]

“Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.” Dalai Lama This work is mainly lesser works from art school days. My favourite was a rickety wooden and steel sculpture I made about the loss of my best friend Nick Cuttell […]

Literally Trying to Become the 15th Dalai Lama a Video Beach Shoot by Luke Foster/ Shot by Yannick Soyez By Luke Foster “Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or […]

Video by Luke Foster (Shot by Yannick Soyez) I wrote this essay about how the Tibetan elder monks and Dalai Lama have taught me about life particularly about over coming suffering and experiencing deep compassion and forgiveness and love for our enemies and included it in my book Mothers Love. But I take it one […]