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THE JOURNEY OF THE HUNGRY GHoST

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SENSORY KNITTED TEXTILES

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION 

SHORT FILM SERIES 

2019-2020

 

INSPIRED BY PERSONAL TRAVELS THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA, & THE STREET CARNIVAL IN THAILAND - THE HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL. THIS PROJECT IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS BUDDHIST FOLKLORE TALE, USING TEXTURE, LIGHTING & SOUND TO CREATE A SENSORY EXPERIENCE. CONVEYING THE JOURNEY OF THE HUNGRY GHOST THROUGH SCULPTURAL, TEXTURED, AND DECORATIVE KNITTED FURNISHINGS.

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USING PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY TRAVELS TO TRANSLATE A MORE PERSONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TALE, CREATING A CACTEYE FOREST COLLECTION; INCLUDING THE SENSORY CACTEYE CHAIR, FOOTSTOOL, THROW AND LAMP. THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS PART ONE OF THE JOURNEY.

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THE COSTUME, DECORATION AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE STREET CARNIVAL IN THAILAND HAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED PART THREE OF THE JOURNEY. THE CARNIVAL LANTERN, WHICH IS A LARGE 2M BY 4.8M LANTERN THAT IS AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION PIECE.

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THE JOURNEY OF THE HUNGRY GHOST AIMS TO CONNECT WITH THE AUDIENCE THROUGH THE USE OF COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY, THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP WITH TACTILITY, LIGHTING & SOUND. USING VIBRANT, MOUTH WATERING COLOURS AND CREATING SCULPTURAL TEXTILES TO INTERACT WITH, THE PROJECT AIMS TO BE A SENSORY OVERLOAD, A TASTER OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE, CULTURE, RELIGION, FOOD & NATURE, EVERYTHING THAT SOUTHEAST ASIA EMBODIES. 

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PART TWO & FOUR

TO COME...ALONG WITH THE STORYBOOK

2022

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An extra spiky day for The CactEye Colle
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THE TALE OF

THE JOURNEY OF THE HUNGRY GHOST GOES LIKE THIS...

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PRINCE VESSENTARA, THE BUDDHIST IN A PAST LIFE, TRIED TO DEMONSTRATE THE VIRTUES OF PURE GENEROSITY BY LEADING A WHITE ELEPHANT, WITH THE POWER TO BRING RAIN TO ANY LAND, FROM HIS OWN KINGDOM TO A DRAUGHT-STRICKEN LAND

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HIS TOWNS PEOPLE WERE OUTRAGED & BANISHED HIM TO A FOREST...A CACTEYE FOREST

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AS THE PRINCE SUNK DEEP INTO THE CACTEYE FOREST CHAIR HE COULD FEEL SOME HUNGRY GHOSTS RIGGLING AROUND. HE WAS NOT ALONE, HE SHOULD NOT GET COMFY. THE TOWNS PEOPLE BEGAN TO RECOGNISE THE BENEFITS OF THE PRINCES GENEROSITY & BEGAN TO REJOICE, WELCOMING HIM BACK...WHAT FOLLOWED HIM WERE THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

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THE PRINCE MADE HIS WAY UP THE TASSLE LAMP, HE COULD SEE WARM COLOURS AHEAD, & A JINGLE COULD BE HEARD...

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THE CELEBRATION SOON TURNED INTO SUCH A PARTY THAT THE WORLD BEGAN TO SPIN. THE HUNGRY GHOSTS FOUND THEMSELVES INSIDE THE CARNIVAL LANTERN. THE TOWNS PEOPLE WELCOMED THE GHOSTS TO THE FESTIVAL, THEY HOPED FOR PROTECTION FROM THEM

 

THROUGH THE CARNIVAL LANTERN THE PEOPLE WANTED TO APPEASE THEM, USING COLOUR, DECORATION, MUSIC & TOUCH

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LASTLY, THE PRINCE TAKES A SEAT & LEANS BACK. HE WATCHES AS THE HUNGRY GHOSTS ARE RETURNED TO THE NETHERWORLD THROUGH SMALL LITTLE LANTERNS, TAKING THEM SAFELY. THE GHOSTS RETURN HAPPY, NO LONGER HUNGRY, LEAVING ONLY GOOD WISHES BEHIND.

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THE END 

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