some kind of wonderful and a light pour Australia is in the midst of a record drought, with Melbourne reservoirs routinely at around 30% capacity. The question of water has become one of national urgency. The theme of the 2007 Melbourne Design Festival was When it rains, it pours . ‘some kind of wonderful’ and ‘a light pour’ are unlikely combinations of paper baking cups and fibre-optics. These installations take us away from the everyday world, offering us a different perspective on the small things in our lives and giving us cause to smile. Their juxtapositions of technology, craft and nature shift the order of sky, water and land. The magic they create instills an appreciation of these very phenomena: fish swim in luminous raindrops falling from the clouds; a rainstorm of light floats indoors on the river.
‘some kind of wonderful’ is a trio of woven optical fibre nets, each holding a glass fish bowl and hanging from illuminated clouds of white baking cups, like oversized raindrops. Light is emitted from the knots of the optical net, like stars in a clear sky. Optical fibre, illuminator and technical support by Lucifer Lighting.
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