Bloom
Presented by Orange Regional Gallery and Orange City Council
Kellie O’Dempsey x Mick Dick
Large-scale public performance
Roberstson Park, Orange, NSW
Friday 3 November 2023
Part of Orange City Council’s Future City Public Art project, Kellie O’Dempsey and Mick Dick presented light projections onto trees in the park, synchronized to the rhythm of Mick Dick’s music, during two after dark performances.
This large-scale projection performance that contemplates the transformation of blossoming flora as an act of wonder. Using light and sound, shape shifting images of illuminated colour move across existing foliage with growing lines, bold shapes and electric hues of blush, deep orange and amber.
Bloom acted as an emotional directive drawing the audience into the public space. Slow-moving lines of light grow to a monastic sound performed live in Robertson Park. This work offered elements of ranscendental connection and celebrates the phenomena of nature as shared experience of everchanging wonderment.
This interdisciplinary performance used video projection, animation and sound. Using iPads connected via HDMI cables to and a perfectly positioned projector. Together sound artist Mick Dick, Kellie O’Dempsey will drew and animate live to an improvised soundtrack of delay and reverb that filled the park.
Photography John Daly and Cecilie Knowles
Videography John daly
