About the Paperartzi:
La Galerie Mobile return to Henley Festival. This year they have rustled up (pun intended) a couple of fabulous paper people, The Paperartzi. Brown paper has never been so glamourous. You’ll be clambering for selfies with these cardboard characters. Join us with a dress up prop disguises from the bag of tricks or take your chances with our forfeit chatterbox.
About La Galerie Mobile:
La Galerie Mobile is a collaboration between artist Andrea Davies and performer Sid Sidlow, taking popular artists and imagery as inspiration for a series of spectacular roving creations. They pride themselves in using only the finest of materials in our collection. Their vision is to bring the viewer on a textural exploration that we hope inspires awe at the intricate craftsmanship involved in the creation of every piece. You may have seen the following ‘Walks of Art’ at previous Henley Festivals: The Cloudmen – Rene Magritte; The Time Minders – Salvador Dali; Walks of Art – Claude Monet/Vincent Van Gogh; PopArt – Roy Lichtenstein; the Venetian Biennale inspired Baroque and Scroll and the surrealist circus extravagance of Elephantessence. Based out of Sydney, Australia, they have performe in South-East Asia, the Middle East and Europe. You can further explore their creations at www.lagaleriemobile.com.
About the Artists:
Andrea Davies: An acclaimed visual artist and muralist Andrea Davies has over 35 years of experience as a multidisciplinary practitioner, working internationally with a focus on Europe and Australia. She is passionate about Trompe-l’oeil on large scale art works. Her work is commissioned and exhibited internationally and can be seen in a number of prominent places, including at Q Station in Sydney, ANZ Bank, Vivid and Art Month Sydney. She also works in close collaboration with advertising agencies as a designer, illustrator and artist, and was integrally involved in a number of Cannes Graphite Pencil (DAAD)-awarded projects as well as film and TV. A designer for the series of costumes for La Galerie Mobile, her work is transformed into a three-dimensional form of vibrancy and life.
Has been performing and teaching Circus and Street Theatre in Australia for 28 years. Trained in the UK and on the road with Capt Bob’s Circus as a performer/musician prior to emigrating in 1993. Operates as Circusworks providing and programming circus entertainment for councils and major events. Major facilitator of the Aerial Lab circus training space at the Carriageworks from 1998 – 2005. Runs the Circus Playground, an interactive circus workshop environment now in its 28th year. Current projects, collaborations and developments include: La Galerie mobile with Andrea Davies, The Marble Circus Band silence movie project, the Unfair Funfair Carousel Horses and the Aerial Bike.