Granny’s Dream Catcher

Barking Spider artists created an interactive play space called “Granny’s Dream Catcher”. The artists designed and installed a bedsit, inhabited by Grandma (actor Karen Corbett).

Grandma was expecting the grandchildren over for tea, and wanted to create a surprise for them – a giant dream catcher. So Grandma enlisted the help of Expo visitors to create the dream catcher. Over the course of the day, the bedsit transformed into a massive, colourful play space.

Strangers worked together to make the wool fly from one side of the installation to the other, they talked, interacted and played. This was adults – not children, although there were plenty of children there too. People came into the installation, and would sit on the centrally placed, old, white, cast-iron bed with Grandma and simply chat. The interactivity was delightful – in addition to the transformation of the space, to which everyone contributed.

“I loved the way it filled the space, and have a memory of so many very special moments – often just experienced by an intimate number of people, unobserved by others”.

Louise Godwin, City of Boroondara Programs Officer

Granny’s Dream Catcher was created for Hawthorn Arts Centre, to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of City of Boroondara’s Volunteer Expo Day.