Skye Gellmann . ..... PROJECTS _ BLOG _ REVEIWS _ DIARY DATES _ BIO & CONTACT



As a child Skye didn't talk much. In his backyard there were chickens, cubby houses, and the sharp pain of stepping on pine mulch. His home was near the beach but he didn't enjoy swimming. Then one day, by chance he started performing circus.

As he grew older he continued to train circus and a love for letter writing, photography and singing budded. Currently he writes 5 letters on average per month. He doesn't really have enough money to develop his film but still takes pinhole photographs - letting the film just pile up.

He and fellow artist Colby Cannon coined the term "projects" to frame moments in their lives as artistic excuses - a tactic for getting away with socially unacceptable and personally incriminating behaviour. From this, during his squatting years, the "Day of the Cupboard" was founded on the 30th of May; where participants must sit inside their cupboards as a celebration of hiding spots.

If he could live anywhere it would be the inside of an old book. If he could own a business it would be a counterfeit stamp racket. He once moved to another country for love but found that the world was an overgrown beard full of birds. For now he lets letters do the traveling.

He lives in Melbourne and makes performance.