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Monash Memo - 30 May 2001

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Plastic tribute to growing up

Third-year painting student Colin Hyett paid tribute to his childhood in an installation created during an artists' residency program at Toorak College.

Mr Hyett was selected as the first artist-in-residence as part of the Faculty of Art and Design's professional practice program, which aims to help art students get a start in life after art school.

Mr Hyett, with the help of Toorak College students, built the installation 'Shrine of My Childhood Remembrance' using a variety of plastic items related to childhood.

Housed in a plastic circus tent, the work consisted of a shrine of plastic dinosaurs, a tin Volkswagen beetle and plastic Christmas tree branches.

He said he wanted to introduce traditional boys' toys such as plastic dinosaurs into a girls' school environment, as a way of reflecting on his own play experiences as a boy.

Caption: Mr Colin Hyett with Toorak College students Brodie Herriott and Ebony Leach.