For three Saturdays in July, the Biennale is holding Kids Days on Cockatoo Island. Armed with a map of 'Prison Island', hoards of screaming children follow a route that leads them around the island. They begin by making an origami hat outside the old Military Guard House on the top of the island, along to the Glitter Station (where I was for Day One) where the kids make glitter glue paintings that link to Reuben Patterson's gorgeous glitter works, down to the Turbine Hall for some blow painting next to Cai Guo-Qiang's exploding cars, then back towards the ferry to collect a balloon on the way out.
I can't say much for the other stations, but glittering is a messy business. Armed with glitter glue and a stencil, the kids were able to make images of cockatoos, leaves, moons and suns, then add more loose glitter on top. Now since some kids don't know the meaning of 'STOP' when it comes to pouring out glue, and the loose glitter had to be applied by shaking the bottle that had a hole in the top, plus it was super windy, it was basically glitter everywhere!!
But the kids enjoyed it, and some of them were hilarious. Like the 8yr old boy who had counted each spoke on the sun wheel, and carefully explained to his sister how many spokes should be of one colour in order that no colour be repeated; or one of the Louis Vitton-clad twin girls who declared to her father, 'No Daddy, I am going to do one more!'
So maybe I will be moved to the blow-painting next week or the hats next week? Let's just hope that it is just as sunny, with less wind, and I am definitely wearing my 'getting messy' clothes!
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