SUNLEY SMITH: TEXT

Modified, restored and customised vehicle.
Materials: 1978 Ford F100, Perspex, mild steel, stainless steel, fibreglass, aluminium, plywood, acrylic,12v lighting, 1500w inverter, rubber, foam, 120w alternator, automotive enamel, cotton, 720 cca deep cycle batteries, 120 amp cable, 60amp fuses, nylon, rear projection screen, pvc conduit, DVD & VHS players, amplifier, 2 x 60watt outdoor speakers, cassette deck, voice recorder, books, 35mm slides, CD, LP gas bottle, slide projector, data projector, halogen & tungsten lights, ropes & camping equipment
Unique: everything in this work was designed and fabricated by hand

Conceived as a multi-purpose highly functional ‘migratory’ art work to play all formats of media. To recycle and restore a perfectly usable machine for greater longevity and extended use. They do not support the purchase of new vehicles but the adaptation of previously existing systems. In the process of restoration and manufacture one becomes familiar and competent and aligned with the machine. Being able to fix things oneself is a large part of the experience of the project.

The carrier is a parallel form of engineering, mirroring the normal world but further extending use and meaning. The form of the work is migratory in its very design, fusing the old and the new. Maximising the design, energy potential and space of the vehicle for varied purposes and projects. Its intention is to be a highly pragmatic and usable as well as show influences from Australian car, DIY and camping culture. The vehicle is an integral part of Migratory Projects as it is designed in connection to the Trailer Garden and Sauna works.

Primary to this work is the use of the combustion engine ( Original vehicle chosen for its year of manufacture and because of its ‘high end’ engine – Cleveland V8 5.6 litre, petrol and LPG). A machine that consumes, burns and eventually exhausts – symbolically and ecologically a connection can be drawn between the furniture drags and the continuing destruction of our environment. The engine in all forms is also what moves goods and people around the world, Automotive, ship and aeroplane.

The Carrier supports and provides the power for the Drive Out Cinema / Furniture drag projects ( Australia / Denmark / UK) – in that it drags, pulls and sculpts the domestic items of furniture chosen for the films. It also provides lighting and power for the shooting of the films and documenting of the process. The vehicle has also been used to cook, using the engine (Road Trip Dinners) and to travel with the Trailer Garden in a number of road tests and explorations into the landscape.

The work also screens films from the adapted roof projection unit, movies are projected onto a fitted rear screen on the Bull bar or straight onto the sides the buildings. Location depending. The work intensifies and compacts many ideas into one form. Green engineering, dymaxion design, micro architecture, shelter, travel, self sufficiency, work space, film unit, tool, resource centre. The project having now occurred in three different countries has involved road trips, social events, screenings, audio plays, and three international versions of the Drive Out Cinema & Furniture Drags ( AUST/ DK/ SCOT)

The works are by intention duplicitous, offering and displaying the notion of escape and interaction. Highly functional and supportive yet ultimately destructive.

Screenings, playings and interventions 04 –06 : The Drive out cinemas 1- 3 Andrew Sunley Smith, Zabriski Point: Michealangelo Antonioni, Mon Oncle: Jaques Tati, Two lane Blackto: Monte Hellman
Music: Devendra Banhart, Nirvana, Willie Nelson, Radio head - played publically in Odense Art Academy Students, DK 06

JOYRIDER - Passenger list 2001-07
Carrier 1 - Ford f100, Carrier II - ford transit, Carrier III - Citroen C15

MATTHIEU LAURETTE / FRANCE / Artist
PATRICK ‘BORIS’ KREMER / LUXEMBOURG / Curator
HANS ULRICH OBRIST / SWITZERLAND / PARIS / LONDON / Curator, writer, critic
SHIGIAKI IWAI / JAPAN / Artist
HERMAN DE JONGH / HOLLAND / Founder member of Atelier van Lieshout
SASKIA BOS / HOLLAND / Director De Appel & curator Berlin Biennale 01
MIGUEL ANGEL RIOS / MEXICO / Artist
FRANZ TURCZYNSKI / MEXICO / Industrial designer
SIMON PATTERSON / ENGLAND / Artist Sydney Biennale 2002
JON BEWLEY / ENGLAND / Director Locus Solus, writer
NICK TSOUTAS / AUSTRALIA / Director Artspace
TIM MASLEN / AUSTRALIA / ENGLAND / Artist
JENNIFER MEHRA / AUSTRALIA / ENGLAND / Artist
INWHAN OH / KOREA / Artist
KEVIN DRAPER / AUSTRALIA WA / Artist
BRUCE SLATTER / AUSTRALIA WA /Artist
NICOLE HUITSON / AUSTRALIA WA / Teacher & Artist
PHILLIP GAMBLEN / CANADA / AUSTRALIA / Artist
BRIGITTA HUPFEL / AUSTRIA / AUSTRALIA / Artist
MATTHEW HUNT / AUSTRALIA WA / Artist
SIMON PERICICH / AUSTRALIA WA / Artist & 2002 Samstag scholar
THEA CONSTANTINO / AUSTRALIA WA / Student, Artist
SHEREE GARBUTT / AUSTRALIA WA / Student, Artist
PAUL CAPORN / AUSTRALIA WA / Artist
JAQULINE PHILLIPS / AUSTRALIA NSW / Art administrator, writer, curator
SOPHIE O’BRIEN / AUSTRALIA WA / NSW / Curator
BRIAN WILSON / AUSTRALIA / Finance manager, Sydney Biennale
PHILIPPA O’BRIEN / AUSTRALIA WA / Public Artist
ISABEL O’BRIEN / AUSTRALIA / WA / VICT / Photographer
NOLA FARMAN / AUSTRALIA NSW / WA / Artist
POPPY VAN ORD GRAINGER / ENGLAND / AUSTRALIA / Artist
TOM MCKIM / TAS / AUSTRALIA / Installer Leading hand MCA
HAYDEN FOWLER / NEW ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA / Artist
JAMES ANGUS / AUSTRALA WA / NSW / Artist
SARAH GOFFMAN / AUSTRALIA / Artist
EMIL GOH / MALAYSIA / AUSTRALIA / Artist
HAMILTON DARROCH / AUSTRALIA / Artist
TARA SHIELDS / AUSTRALIA / Artist / Educator
CRAIG JUDD / AUSTRALIA NSW / Education officer BOS
RUSSELL STORER / AUSTRALIA WA / NSW / Curator MCA
MARK BROWN / AUSTRALIA / Artist
ISABEL CARLOS / PORTUGAL / Curator 2004 Sydney Biennale
RODNEY GLICK / AUSTRALIA WA / Artist
MARTIN SIMS / UK / AUSTRALIA / Artist / Educator
DAN EGGER / AUSTRALIA NSW / Artist
MARCO MARCON / ITALY / AUSTRALIA / Curator & director IASKA, WA
LARS LUNDSGAARD / DENMARK / Install manager Brandts DK
DANNY HOLCROFT / UK / SCOT / Artist
AMY SALES / UK / SCOTLAND / Curator, CCA Glasgow
ALAN KEAN / UK / SCOTLAND / Artist & Install manager CCA Glasgow
JOE EGGER / AUSTRALIA NSW / Performer
DEBRA JASON / UK / AUSTRALIA NSW / Designer