Aggressively Seeking Joy

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Aggressively Seeking Joy 〰️✿〰️

Following on from a 3-part installation series that I made in 2020 with an RADF grant, I would like to create a series of immersive environments that people can experience and respond to.

  • A giant garden

  • A nest or pillow fort/cloud land for relaxation and imagination

  • A secret club-house/tree-house with games and meetings

Using a variety of materials including cardboard, fabric, paint, lighting and music, my plan is to make environments like:

The overall goal is to spark a sense of wonder and delight in the viewer and charge their everyday lives with the electricity of discovery.

I also plan to create environments in response to visitor feedback, to make a feedback loop with the local community. I will facilitate a series of crafting, imagination or meditation workshops, and will collaborate with council to plan artist talks/open studio events.

Mel Brady is a painter and installation artist living on Gubbi Gubbi land, who works with fabric and paint to create site-specific, immersive installation art and light-hearted craft. Mel’s love of vintage fashion has informed art and craft workshops in galleries and museums in the Moreton Bay Region since 2017. A recent highlight is Expedition, a travelling art experiment in conjunction with the Side Gallery, Brisbane and the New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale NSW.