What The Eyes Cannot See is a community collaborative storytelling project facilitated by Fremantle based artists Audrey Fernandes-Satar and Arif Satar in partnership with the Cannery Arts Centre for the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial.

Community members, ADULTS ONLY, are invited to participate in art making workshops creating a series of Story Books and Memory Objects reflecting their sense of identity, culture and connection to place. 

The Story Books will be fashioned as a Zine, short for Magazine, an innovative way of creating a small book by folding creasing and re-folding rice paper to create artistic books exploring the concept of ‘codified’ messages using a mixed media of collage drawing writing and painting.

The creation of Memory Objects by using the medium of ceramics will involve the development of skills in hand building techniques to create 3D objects as ‘codified’ forms that capture the essence of individual stories exploring the concept of What The Eyes Cannot See, leading to an abstraction of sorts when individual works are compiled into collective assemblages.  

The community works will be exhibited as an installation at the Cannery Arts Centre gallery alongside the artworks created by Audrey and Arif. This is a satellite exhibition for IOTA24.

Workshop commitment required to attend at least three of the two hour sessions, ideally all four over two weekends. Choose the afternoon group or the evening group. There will be the opportunity to follow up if needed, which the Cannery Arts Centre will coordinate. Registration essential. Limited places.

Afternoon Group:
Saturday 13 July 1pm-3pm and Sunday 14 July 1pm-3pm
Saturday 3 August 1pm-3pm and Sunday 4 August 1pm-3pm

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Evening Group:
Saturday 13 July 5pm-7pm and Sunday 14 July 5pm-7pm
Saturday 3 August 5pm-7pm and Sunday 4 August 5pm-7pm

All workshops are free with thanks to the Mt Burdett Foundation, IOTA (The Indian Ocean Triennial Australia) and the Cannery Arts Centre. The exhibition is part of the IOTA24 Festival: Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, supported by Lotterywest.