A moment of inspiration not long after deciding to do an art project: something surreal and out of place would be the theme. With Kiwiburn being in a fairly mundane paddock, this wasn't going to be too hard. But something surreal and interesting, maybe something like this...
Well maybe not.
What about something menial? Something everyday? Something you wouldn't ecpect to see in a paddock? Something like a dinner table?
That was it. A dinner table. Whipping up a quick proposal to send to the art grants committee, I entitled it "Tomorrow Never Dines". That was probably due to being somewhat stained at the moment of typing. Anyhooooo there were only a few steps necessary. First, find some chairs. Trademe. Then sand them back, and stain them with timber stain. This took about an hour per chair, and I got it done on a hungover sunday. $60 all up I think. Next task was finding fabrics to make a flash-looking tablecloth. A store called Ned's (???) Fabrics on Dominion Road has this covered. Cost was about $7 for all the fabric needed. A table frame was generously donated to the cause, so that was it. On site, I scavenged a square of plywood, and set about putting it together. Time count - probably about 5-6 hours to do EVERYTHING.
Next step was further decoration. This came in the way of cheap lights, plastic plates, cups, knives and forks, and the centrepiece of hilarity - condoms and packets of lube donated by somebody who had loads. For some reason.
Placement was key, and because the installation was fairly small, I got to put it where I wanted. This was somewhere close to camp (because I was hungover when it was put together, and I was lazy) but fortunately in an area of high traffic. Happy coincidence. Anyway, this is the finished product: The Screwed Plate. Ridiculously easy.
