LATTE Projections

Contemporary and historic images generated by artist Karen Tenni were projected onto significant buildings along the Golden Mile of Charters Towers main streets, providing focus points for the performance, street party and celebration of our place.

Within the broader Theme of LETTERS, minor themes such as mining, education, cattle, celebration, family, hot news topics, dance, wise words, song lyrics, poetry, etc, were all utilised to reflect the communities’ interests and cultural context of Charters Towers.

Linked closely with the performance aspects created by Susan Prince, the event progressed down Gill St after dark, enlivening a street that is usually deserted after business hours. The Excelsior Library celebrated its past as a pub before being burnt then rebuilt as the repository for knowledge. Orators read the Northern Miner headlines from the past 200 years, while text and images are projected onto the Northern Miner building. Wherry House, Ex- Olympia Theatre building, Target windows, various alleys and the Post Office are all sites that were be illuminated with site specific digital art projections. The door of the post office will featured a live feed of photos on the LATTE facebook page, to enable attendees (especially youth) to become participants in the projection process.

The second night of animating spaces be focussed on The Stock Exchange in Mosman Street.   Projections shone on the structures of this historically significant space, in conjunction with further performances, and the reveal of the found metal sculpture by Sue Tilley and local community members.  An art market was also included, with opportunities to also animate the grassed area behind the arcade with stalls, ephemeral art and projections.

AIR installation by Karen Tenni