Harri Harding & Cleo Mees: artists-in-residence March 2013

Harri Harding composing in the Gunyah studio, March 2013
Harri Harding in the Gunyah studio, March 2013

Harri Harding & Cleo Mees were artists-in-residence at Gunyah in March 2013. Downstairs, Harri created a music studio - with space to practise and a big desk to compose at. She loved watching the kangaroos and wallabies wandering around right in front of her desk! 

Harri Harding in the Gunyah studio, March 2013
Gunyah studio, March 2013

Harri had a very productive time - composing lots of new works, including one inspired by the moon shining over the water at night, composed for saxophone and piano. During our Gunyah visit you could often find Harri working deep into the night.

Harri Harding in the Gunyah studio, March 2013
Cleo Mees' drawing desk in the Gunyah bay window, March 2013

Cleo set up a desk on the big window seat which she used for drawing, writing and filming. Each morning Cle also used the flat part of the driveway for dance training. She loved the natural soundtrack - the rhythm of the cicadas and the wind. She also spent a lot of time filming out in the yard and on the deck, and post-dance swimming too!

Cleo Mees dance training in the Gunyah driveway, March 2013
Cleo Mees dance training in the Gunyah driveway, March 2013
Cleo Mees dance training in the Gunyah driveway, March 2013
Cleo Mees dance training in the evening at Gunyah, March 2013

Anastasia spent half the week at Gunyah, editing a documentary about schooling in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We took some trips to Jimmy's Beach, Hawks Nest and bushwalking around Gunyah. We also spent an evening exploring with body painting. Our friends, musician Jess Dunn and illustrator Monica Higgins, also came for a day visit and to get some quiet time. 

Anastasia working on her documentary in the Gunyah bay window, March 2013
Cleo Mees body painting, Gunyah March 2013
Cleo Mees reading on the Gunyah balcony, March 2013

We'd like to give a huge thanks to Gunyah, for an amazing opportunity - a week away from the city, and time to be immersed in our work. We somehow managed to have a very productive week as well as a relaxing one!

Cleo Mees swimming outside Gunyah, March 2013
Gunyah house, March 2013

To find out more about Harri's practice see www.sirensbigband.com and Cleo's practice www.youlaughwithyourwholeface.com.au