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 […]
Archives: Performance, Installation Art and Sculpture
Competing to be the World’s Greatest Grandmother/ An Installation by Luke Foster and with help installing and documenting Yanick Soyez
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 […]
If I Literally and Metaphorically Swim Between the Flag then I Shall be Ok
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 […]
Competing to be the Worlds Greatest Grandmother a Mix up Video by Luke Foster
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 […]
Ocean Room in Kart/ If We Work together as a Local and Global Community Then We Can Save This Beautiful Blue Planet Forever/ Particularly if the World Leaders and International Think Tanks Put All Their Differences Aside
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 […]
If We Put all Our Differences Aside and Work as a Global Community, we can Save This Beautiful Blue Planet for Forever
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 1995/ I am Remaking this Video Installation but I Have Changed the Idea
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 […]
Altruism: Trade Makes World Peace/ Saving This Beautiful Blue Planet Forever
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 […]
Thankyou: Simplify, Simplify and Simplify Again (Advice Only for Myself)
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 and Kindness
“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 […]
I am a Mixture of a Naughty Teenager and a Grandmother
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 […]
Being Straight Edge is the Most Important Part of being an Excellent Role Model/ Grandmothers are the Best Role Models/ The Queen of England is a Grandmother /The Dalai Lama is Sort of the Grandmother of the World
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Dalai Lama
Building on the Bridge Building Metaphor/ The Worlds Traffic Travels on Bridges Like Multiple Freeways Intersecting in Places Like Los Angeles Where They Interweave in Complex Ways (It’s Called the Los Angeles Interchange Ramps)
This was a along essay and I feel it was interesting despite this.
Martin Luther King, Public Enemy, Condoleezza Rice and the Obamas and Oprah Winfrey African Americans Making Headway Against Racism
“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 […]
Preface to My New Book: Am I Going in Circles? At the Editing Stage
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 […]
This Speech is Inspired by Martin Luther King’s Famous Speech I have a Dream
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.
UNICEF: Multiculturism Through Gourmet Food in Australia as Well as a Mythical Soccer Game
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 […]
Contemporary Australian Art
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?
Trying to be Zen Not Flustered
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 […]
The Aid Work of Bill Gates and his Family
“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 […]
I Love Aussie Music / Particularly the Little Stevies
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.
The Contemporary Drawing of Yoshitomo Nara and Raymond Pettibon and the Issue of Binge Drinking
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.
Reading from Mothers Love; The Connection and Installation Art And Performance Art New Forms of Conceptual Art Today
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 […]
World Peace and Saving the Elephants
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 […]
Reading From My Book Mothers Love about the Passing of my mum and My Ten Drawings a Day Art Project
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?