Reef Knot

PROJECT: HOT AIR

Reef Knot will be creating a series of suspended, sculptural speech bubbles in the foyer of Carriageworks using a combination of recognisable found objects, traditional sculptural materials and sound. The speech bubbles will morph with the structure of hot-air balloons and reflect the clichéd term ‘hot air' often used to describe mindless conversations or a verbal stream of consciousness. This installation will explore the potential beauty of the very fuzzy boundary between thinking and speaking, non-critical gas-bagging and converting people's hot air into abstract, solid forms. A truly zen by-production of comings and goings. Hot Air will be a work in progress, with further audience interactivity planned for the future.

About the Artists
Reef Knot is a recently created collective formed around two of the founding directors of Knot Gallery - Alasdair Nicol and Michelle McCosker. Focusing on large scale immersive installations Reef Knot chooses to collaborate with a full range of visual artists, sound artists and performers for specific projects. These maintain a strong sensitivity towards subtle beauty, the re-use of everyday materials, audience accessibility and rigorous production values.

Michelle McCosker - Creative Director + visual artists

Alasdair Nicol - Creative consultant + Reef Knot Director

Bianca Calandra - visual artist

Katherine Keefe - visual artist

Kirsten McCosker - visual artist

Michelle Santosa - visual artist and producer

Chris Hancock - sound producer

Howard Higgs - sound artist