Sea Creatures for Illuminati Peformance 2003

In 2003 I asked Chris to be part of the Illuminati Festival and to have his art beautify the performances of 'The Electric Body' - a local art spectacle put on by a mix  of manly artists. With fellow Artist Karen Smith I visited Chris for the first time at his home to have a look at the artworks he had available for the peformances. His small one bedroom unit would be every artist lovers dream, every nook and cranny was stacked with artworks many covered with white sheets from the bedroom till the living room. I remember the excitement when Chris lifted the first sheet to show some of the creations. A scale of gorgeous underwater sea creatures where hidden there from the family of seahorses, till the dolphin and the sword fishes. They were decorated with beats, pebbles, necklages, bones, nails, small toys and other crazy found objects. They were charming and fascinating. As background Chris often used strong cardboard or cut out the animals of plywood. Most sea creatures were decorated on both sides and I could see them hanging from the ceilings like this gigantic mobile. I thought at that stage it would make a great public artwork somewhere in Manly. We ended up using a variety of the sea creatures for our underwater segment 'Sirens Calling' in the performance.