Collider’s Clemens Habicht to showcase stunning kite exhibition in Melbourne

Collider director Clemens Habicht is launching a new exhibition ‘Blue Sky Days’ at Lamington Drive Gallery in Melbourne.

The show features a sea of colourful Sail Kites, each a unique piece of art, craft and design, and a new video artwork, Uttarayan, from Habicht’s years of research at the kite festivals of Gujarat and Rajasthan, India.

Says Habicht: “In sailing, a spinnaker sail is actually called a kite, and in kites the piece of fabric that you use is actually called a sail. There is a great parallel between these two worlds that I find really beautiful.”

The kites demonstrate sustainable design in action and promote a culture of sustainability both in the manufacturing process and in the global end user market. The project is committed to using no new plastics in the production – all components are sourced from either organic or recycled materials, and are assembled to create a valuable piece of art out of something otherwise destined for landfill. To Clemens “there might not be a need to make more new products, but there is a need to find useful new products to stop things becoming landfill.”

Visitors are invited to fly kites with Clemens in a public program on Sat 25 May, including workshops that share in the art of flying these traditional single line fighters. The exhibition also coincides with the product launch to the public of the Sail Kites and the first edition kites will be available to purchase.

Click here to view Clemens’ reel, and for any enquiries email tom@collider.com.au or olivia@collider.com.au