“Living Art” Displayed In Hamilton

Last night [Mar.10], just under Church Street, behind the Beluga Bar in Hamilton’s Washington Mall, there was a display of “Living Art” hosted by the Art Centre at Dockyard.

Real live models being body-painted and face-painted; metal jewellery being created and then used to adorn a live model; and a tattoo artist who was displaying his skills and body artwork both on a laptop and on his own body.

This Live Art show was organized was organized and put on by Tricia Walters. She had conceived the idea as a fun but serious fundraiser for the Art Centre at Dockyard. Dockyard Art Centre Administrator Heidi Cowan said that this was an attempt to do something different.

Alexandra Mosher, a Bermudian artist specializing in making metal jewellery, showed an example of her work in the form of a metal breastplate, fashioned out of copper, and displayed on a live model.

The Bermudian artist family of Rhona, Hannah, and Mark Emmerson were face-painting as well as drawing on the human canvas of several women models.

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Bermudian Tattooist Lee Eastmond showed examples of his body art on a laptop screen and on his own body. Mr Eastmond has been in Canada for the past few years and was working there as a certificated and recognized Tattooist.

He says that he came back to his native Bermuda to practice his art and skills but currently has all of his needles, equipment, and other essential apparatus are tied up in Customs, however plans to establish a Tattoo workshop in his native land.

Ivan Outerbridge and and the martial art troupe Capoeria Camara put on a entertaining display of the Brazilian martial arts and dance routine.

As Mr Outerbridge explained, this art and dance form grew out of efforts by Brazilian slaves who used the form to disguise the fact that they were learning to fight and were organizing amongst themselves in order to achieve their freedom.

Once models had been worked on, they could go to a small plinth in the centre of the space and pose for all to see. If anyone wanted to learn more about Tattooing and body art generally, Hannah Wilmot and Miriam Kaye of the Bermuda Book Store had a tableful of books to look at and buy.

Organizer Tricia Walters said, “Although the turnout wasn’t what we had hoped, it was still a tremendous effort by artists, models and volunteers alike.

“The response we did get from those who attended was amazing. And we do plan to make this an annual event, possibly moving it to the summer of 2013 and focusing more on the body painting aspect – which drew quite a crowd.”

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