‘I See You Like This’ – an interactive family art experience at Jacob’s Creek

After touring the world, Melbourne-based artist Jessica Wilson will be bringing her acclaimed art experience, ‘I See You Like This’ to the Barossa Vintage Festival, hosted at Jacob’s Creek Cellar Door, Rowland Flat, from April 19 until April 21.

The event is a mobile photo studio and interactive art experience, allowing children to turn the camera back on their parents or guardians, seeing them through the lens of their own imaginations.

In this unique, hands-on experience, children will become the art director of a creative project of their guardian, and with an exciting selection of materials and objects, will compose a portrait directly onto their adult subject’s face. 

Each unique portrait will be captured by a professional photographer in celebration of the fascinating relationship between parent/guardian and child. 

This fascinating art experience has toured Australia and Europe, amassing a collection of nearly 2000 portraits. 

Craig Harrison, producer of the event, shared with The Leader, “I’ve known of Jessica’s work for 20 years, she is a really interesting artist, with a practice unlike anyone else I know.

“Her practice is very participatory, with the audience having more agency than most artists’ allow, he said.

“It’s like a, ‘Choose your own adventure story,’ and if you have an open and inquisitive mind going into this show, you will see a lot more and your experience will be that much richer,” Craig said.

Pablo Picasso famously said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”