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Hobart Hughes and Penny Simons

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This collaborative work is about play in the animal realm. All animals play; it’s a way of learning about the world and it is both instinctive (nature) and the interaction with other animals (nurture). The work is designed to be interactive so the viewer can be part of the play turning a handle that rocks the horizontal beam and makes the woven birds’ heads and wings move up and down.

Penny Simons & Hobart Hughes formed a new collaborative team for this project. Their diverse talents overlap perfectly in this work; Hughes bringing fabrication and engineering skills in wood, whilst Simons brings her skills in botanical assemblage.

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The Arboretum, established in Pearl Beach since 1976, is a natural botanic garden open to the public for free. Our Arboretum is a sanctuary for rare and threatened plant species, spanning 5.5 hectares of land in the Pearl Beach community. Sorry no domestic animals, fires, BBQs or smoking are allowed in the Arboretum except with special permission.

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Drawings by Pim Sarti. Paintings by Marijke Greenway.  

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