¡INSTRUCCION. PIÑATA. DESTROZAR!

This was a project in three parts put on in February 2011 at Dear Patti Smith Gallery on Smith St Collingwood.
Here's the exhibition statement -
¡INSTRUCCION. PIÑATA. DESTROZAR! Is a celebration of transformation and new beginnings in the guise of building and destroying piñatas. The project is in two parts; the first begins with an open invitation for participants to take part in a piñata making workshop. During this day the participants are guided by two senoritas to construct a piñata and implant in this object a past event that they would like to leave behind. The second half of the project involves the destruction of the piñatas and the cathartic experience for both the maker of the piñata and the baton wielding participant. This project hopes to create a ritual of exorcism through a creative, constructive and enjoyable act.
Below are images workshop madness!!




And the finished product and the smashing!!




And now the destruction debris!!