As part of the Superperfect project, Shopfront’s Outreach Director and key artists in music, multimedia and illustration have been working with community groups to produce animations, photographs and videos that explore perfection, expectation and
failure.
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This was a track created in an intensive workshop afternoon with Beverly Hills IEC with Meem. It was one of my favourite songs of the show!

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Here is a track made by the Woniora Road Boys + Meem used in the Superperfect performance in Sydney.
Dirty Stinking Filthy Place – Woniora Road School – Geoff Andrew Nathan by Shopfront
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CuriousWorks Slideshow
Here is a slide show from Engadine High School created by CuriousWorks on flickr!

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Superperfect Exhibition

Many young peoples work from Fairfield IEC, Engadine District Youth Service, Beverly Hills IEC, St. George TAFE, Cronulla DLS, GEOS and Keio SFC University was displayed in exhibition alongside the Superperfect performance.

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Superperfect at Fairfield IEC

Students at Fairfield IEC explored success and failure in their very own flipbook.

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Moments of success and failure at EDYS

This week the EDYS group recorded some podcasts and started making their own virtual comic strip using their stories of success and failure. Here are some stills the group are using to make their comics next week.

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Hard – Woniora Road School

This is a work in progress animation that has been developed by one student at Woniora Road School. The music was also produced by the students with the help of DJ Meem.

Hard from Sarah Emery on Vimeo.
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Superhero Flipbook

Here is a little flipbook made by one year 10 students at St George TAFE.

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Fairfield IEC and Superperfect

Fairfield IEC have been playing around with post-it notes at they explore their dreams, hopes, secrets and wishes for the future.

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Superperfect at Kirinari

On Wednesday afternoon Shopfront teamed up with Heaps Decent to run some DJ workshops with Kirinari Aboriginal Hostel ..by the end of the session young people were scratching, looping and mixing their favourite tracks.

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Eye-dance

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Superheroes

These Superhero characters were created by the EDYS group using their own image…

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Post-its Cronulla

Students at Cronulla DLS made post-it installations exploring their dreams, hopes and secrets.

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Paper Scissors Rock EDYS

Here is a little stop-motion animation made by one young person in the EDYS group. It speaks to me of the competitive nature of success and the amount of luck and chance involved.

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Behind the Scenes at EDYS

Here is a sneak peek at some of the exciting things the EDYS group have been doing!

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Superperfect at GEOS

Yesterday, Shopfront went to GEOS (an international English college in Sydney) to chat to newly arrived Japanese students about perfection, expectation and Superheroes.

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Superhero Images Developed by Cronulla DLS

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Flipbooks EDYS

Last week the EDYS group created a series of Superhero flipbooks using post-it notes. Check out the results….

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Images from EDYS

The EDYS group have been exploring perfection and identity – here are some images they have developed! A little bit inspired by identikit.

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Wings To Fly

Here is an animated superhero image that is being developed by the EDYS group.

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Superhero sketches from EDYS

EDYS, Engadine High School and Shopfront have teamed up for some Superperfect workshops. The young people involved have developed their own Superhero character with special powers. Here are some sketches they have done…

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Self-sabotage

This is a drawing that emerged from BMYS. Young people drew on their own image in an act of self-sabotage and defacement using a black permanent marker.

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Post-its from Bankstown

Secrets, hopes, dreams, revelations and declarations written on post-it notes at BMYS.

An eye dance

DLS Cronulla students experimented with stop-motion animation deconstructing their body to create stories and choreography using only their hands, feet, eyes or hair.

This is one example I have worked on so far….

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Post-its from Cronulla

Students from DLS Cronulla wrote their dreams, hopes and fears on post-it notes.

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A camera, a texta and an overhead projector

Woniora Road students have been hanging out at Shopfront on Fridays – using an overhead projector and a camera to manipulate their own image.

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Post-its

Students at DLS Cronulla created art installations exploring their dreams and hopes using post-it notes.

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Superperfect at Home Base, Bankstown

Behind the scenes of Superperfect at Bankstown…

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