Absolutely Everybody VIP is a looping video work with accompanying soundtrack that was installed in the town hall ballroom for City of Hobart’s Ability to Create exhibition in 2023. Set across three screens, this work imagines a future nipaluna / Hobart where absolutely everybody is a VIP.
Instructions for an intended simultaneous viewing experience. Worth it! (works on laptops and computers but not phones sorry)
- press play on the audio link. Turn it up.
- Press play on the video link Queen
- press play on the video link Stadium
- press play on the video link Saturday Night Fever
- Enjoy all the links at once.
In this city, town planning is a task everybody participates in. The videos show future idols playing, working and living in the future city. Elements from Town Hall as a site are also included in the video: chandeliers and windows, Councilors and portraits of historical figures. These provide a reference point from where we have come from, so we can see where we want to be – Absolutely Everybody VIP.
In future nipaluna / Hobart we enjoy watching the Tassie team play in the floating stadium…. in Kingston. Our shopping-centers feature public sleeping rooms, ideal for catching a kip after gorging on apples from the fruit tree-lined streets. Flying cars and e-scooters abound, the rivulet has been re-wilded and a Saturday night fever dance-floor operates every day of the week.
As a feature artist and mentor for the ability to create program, I designed and ran a series of workshops on the theme elevate. Absolutely Everybody VIP features the collaborative work and performance from Second Echo Ensemble, Langford Support Services, Life Without Barriers, Mosaic Support Services, The Parkside Foundation, St Giles, Create Crew, Able Australia, Frangipani Fabrics along with sneaky star appearances from members of the Hobart City Council Staff. The music is by Callum Cusick.
Georgia Lucy 