The Frinj may have ended in 2002 through lack of  momentum but after seeing a picture in a book and a conversation with Richard Smith Greg joked to Jillian that he’d like to project a giant harvester onto the silo. This fitted in with what she had been thinking and a meeting was called of interested people. The Space and Place project was conceived. It included -

Interactive animations by Dave Jones, who had done In my Day with the Natimuk Primary School.

Indigenous dancers and images.

Mary French, with school’s workshops and shadow puppets.

The shadow sculpture, Combine-Nation.

Yspace aerialists.

A choir organised by Santha Press

And the CFA. Plus heaps more.

School children supplied the theme, which was ‘disasters’.

The Vichealth funding for the Frinj that year was about $10000 which allowed for more music, film, art and events. The Frinj that year was directed by Shiree Pilkinton.

The first Hay and Thespian mardigras really captured the town’s imagination.

• Space and Place was a huge hit, and Jillian was asked to repeat it as the feature of the Regional Arts Australia conference, Meeting Place which was held in Horsham in 2004.

All photos this page courtesy of Melissa Powell and the Wimmera Mail Times