KAKI LIMAS : TUTTI ARTS : STAGE ONE

I have just completed a fleet of ‘Kaki Limas’ for the Adelaide based group, Tutti Arts.  Tutti is an inclusive multi arts organisation creating opportunities for artists with disabilities to make extraordinary art. The collaborative relationship between participants, professional artists and the wider community supports the development of talent across a range of creative disciplines including film and new media.

These are based on food carts that are a common sight on the streets of Indonesia and form the central part of a collaboration with a number of artists from Jogjakarta.  Over the coming months these Kaki Limas will be variously decorated and developed as sites for performance and action by groups of artists working collaboratively.  They will be presented in September of 2015 as a component of the Oz Asia Festival.  There will be quite a range of approaches to the decoration and alteration of the carts - so stay tuned for updates and shots of the final outcomes.

A big thanks goes out to  Standish Cycles Mile End and Bikecorp for their generous support in assisting with the supply of some of the bike specific bits and pieces.

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION NOTES

The final designs are somewhat of an interpretation of the traditional Kaki Lima as a number of the commonly used parts such as the particular wheels are not as readily available in Australia.  They also need to be component based to assist in their transportation and allow as much potential in embellishment process. All of the panels are currently held in place by screws, making it simple to add doors or hatches of any kind. Pragmatically, they need to be able fit through a domestic door frame and also be more mobile than a conventional Kaki Lima.  A brake was another component.  These have been fitted with a single V-brake, as seen on many bicycles, and have the potential to be fitted with a second.

Henry Jock Walker is a local artist who will be working together with Scott Pyle on one of the Kaki Limas.  Jock has also been assisting in the construction phase.