{"id":74863,"date":"2021-03-12T04:55:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=74863"},"modified":"2021-03-04T08:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:43:11","slug":"creatively-warding-off-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatively warding off COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

IN response to the widespread fear and uncertainty associated with COVID-19, Thai-born Australian based ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa crafted a collection of playful COVID Superheroes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Currently on display at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the colourful superhero ceramic figurines were inspired by the stories and experiences of Ballarat residents.<\/p>\n

Working with the City of Ballarat last year, Srivilasa was originally invited to conduct workshops as part of the Ballarat Open Studios program but due to COVID, was forced to pivot his plans.<\/p>\n

Instead of continuing with online workshops, a call-out to Ballarat residents was made asking them to describe or draw a COVID superhero as a way of expressing their feelings of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council was kind and said they wanted to still honour the artist fee and wanted me to come up with something else,\u201d Srivilasa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came up with the idea of COVID Superheroes and it worked because we didn\u2019t have to see anybody but still work with other people and include the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it would be great if each different superhero had a superpower that could ward off COVID-19 and people sent stories to us, the council chose the best ten and sent them to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Studying the selection of stories and images, Srivilasa said he tried to have some fun with the prompts when deciding how the figurines would eventually look.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was such a variety for me to work with and be inspired by,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stories led me to incorporate new techniques and ways of working because COVID affected me as well and I wanted to make sure I included that in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was isolated and stuck at the studio for a long time so I wanted to use that time to produce something that I have never done, usually I mix Asian decorative practices with European figurines but with these I tried to do something different.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the participating authors for the project Maryann Hulbert said she hopes visitors to the exhibition can enjoy Vipoo\u2019s beautiful interpretations of raw experiences of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy story in particular was about peace, love and understanding because there wasn\u2019t a lot of that going on,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were scared and all I wanted really was for people to understand, be thoughtful and kind and this is what came out of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had anything manifested out of my words before and it\u2019s exactly how I would have imagined it so it\u2019s just beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Satisfied with the outcome of the project, Srivilasa said he hopes visitors can take the time to have a bit of fun with the artworks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a pleasant surprise, especially the design of the exhibition, they have really played with the idea of superhero and the colours, I think it\u2019s payed off well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be so serious, even though it touches on serious things it\u2019s still accessible and fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope kids can come through and enjoy it and find a way to connect with art.\u201d<\/p>\n

Srivilasa\u2019s COVID Superheroes<\/em> exhibition can be viewed at the Ballarat Art Gallery until 18 April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IN response to the widespread fear and uncertainty associated with COVID-19, Thai-born Australian based ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa crafted a collection of playful COVID Superheroes. Currently on display at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the colourful superhero ceramic figurines were inspired by the stories and experiences of Ballarat residents. Working with the City of Ballarat […]<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":74864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-74863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCreatively warding off COVID - Ballarat Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Creatively warding off COVID - Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IN response to the widespread fear and uncertainty associated with COVID-19, Thai-born Australian based ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa crafted a collection of playful COVID Superheroes. Currently on display at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the colourful superhero ceramic figurines were inspired by the stories and experiences of Ballarat residents. Working with the City of Ballarat [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-11T17:55:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"623\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ruby Staley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ruby Staley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ruby Staley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e\"},\"headline\":\"Creatively warding off COVID\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-11T17:55:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":538,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Creatively warding off COVID - Ballarat Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-11T17:55:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":623,\"caption\":\"Super powers: Ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa and inspiration Maryann Hulbert with the new COVID Superhero exhibition. Photo: RUBY STALEY\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/creatively-warding-off-covid\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Creatively warding off COVID\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"width\":739,\"height\":98,\"caption\":\"Ballarat Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e\",\"name\":\"Ruby Staley\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rubystaley.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/author\\\/ruby\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Creatively warding off COVID - Ballarat Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Creatively warding off COVID - Ballarat Times","og_description":"IN response to the widespread fear and uncertainty associated with COVID-19, Thai-born Australian based ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa crafted a collection of playful COVID Superheroes. Currently on display at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the colourful superhero ceramic figurines were inspired by the stories and experiences of Ballarat residents. Working with the City of Ballarat [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/","og_site_name":"Ballarat Times","article_published_time":"2021-03-11T17:55:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":623,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ruby Staley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ruby Staley","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/"},"author":{"name":"Ruby Staley","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e"},"headline":"Creatively warding off COVID","datePublished":"2021-03-11T17:55:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/"},"wordCount":538,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/","name":"Creatively warding off COVID - Ballarat Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-11T17:55:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Vipoo-Exhibit-scaled-e1614807738691.jpg","width":1000,"height":623,"caption":"Super powers: Ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa and inspiration Maryann Hulbert with the new COVID Superhero exhibition. Photo: RUBY STALEY"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/creatively-warding-off-covid\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Creatively warding off COVID"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","name":"Ballarat Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization","name":"Ballarat Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","width":739,"height":98,"caption":"Ballarat Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e","name":"Ruby Staley","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.rubystaley.com"],"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/author\/ruby\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74863"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=74863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}