Crying Dinghy (Spirit Recharge Vessel) 2018
HENRY ROLLAND PARK, CANBERRA. FABRICATED BY UAP COMPANY. FOR CANBERRA CITY RENEWAL AUTHORITY, ACT Government.
The Crying Dinghy is a rescue boat for the human spirit, made for everyday people as a place for contemplation. It comprises a stone pillow near the bow and two giant gramophone horns, which channel the tears cried into the pillow to amplify them. While the vessel is built to navigate the sea of tears, once the flood of raw emotion has been released, the person themselves might feel their own inner buoyancy.
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Crying Dinghy (Spirit Recharge Vessel), 2018
Crying Dinghy (2018) is part of the Cosmic Recharge Series (2009-0ngoing) is the title of a series of interactive sculptural objects comprising Recharge Plug-In Stations & Spirit Recharge Vessels. These sculptures are for everyday people and children to inhabit, to recharge and reflect on parts of their psyche that may temporarily dissonant, in order to recover a more whole sense of self.
Hanna Hoyne, Crying Dinghy (A Spirit Recharge Vessel from the Cosmic Recharge Series) 2018. (3D Model by Urban Arts Projects Brisbane), Commissioned by the City Renewal Authority for the West Basin Foreshore Redevelopment. Collaboration with UAP Brisbane and Redbox Design Group Canberra.
Photography: Joey Wilton (top image), Hanna Hoyne, Canberra Times (bottom right image)