How does your child see you? Become the subject of your child’s imagination with an artwork that uses your face as their canvas! 

With our ever-growing appetite to document our lives through photos and selfies, children are so often the reluctant subjects of their parent’s cameras; asked to smile, look natural, look that way, and come in closer.  

 I See you Like This turns the camera back and allows children to see their parents as subjects through the lens of their own imaginations. 

 Children are given permission to observe and portray their parent, while parents are able to experience being ‘seen’ by their child. Each child artist chooses an object, which best represents this adult subject, before art directing a creative portrait directly onto their face!

I See You Like This is an acclaimed interactive art experience created by Jessica Wilson with designer Matilda Woodroofe to celebrate the fascinating relationship that is at the heart of individual identity – between parent and child. It has toured Australia, Europe and the USA amassing a collection of nearly 2000 portraits! 

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GENERAL ADMISSION

Enjoy a magical experience together! Ticket includes entry for one adult and one child. Only 15 pairs (adult and child) per session.

Siblings welcome! While the session is designed for one adult and one child, craft tables will be available nearby to keep little hands busy and creativity flowing.

ABOUT JESSICA WILSON

JESSICA WILSON is an Australian leader and innovator in participative art. She creates unusual experiences that turn ordinary people and places into extraordinary public outcomes. Jessica is internationally recognised for her concepts, with  I SEE YOU LIKE THIS touring Australia and Europe and amassing a collection of over 2000 portraits.  

Jessica is also known for her acclaimed works onboard buses which frame cities as the sites for new stories. PASSENGER for adults, was remapped onto London for the 2019 GREENWICH AND DOCKLANDS FESTIVAL and then Sydney for ART&ABOUT. Her first bus-based project for family audiences, THE NARRATOR was created in Latvia and played at Adelaide’s DreamBIG this year as a feature of the Australian Performing Arts Market. She hopes her new digital project CHILD NATION will enable kids all over the world to interact in new ways with their own people and places.

K'am P'i'n, Parent participant, Denver, USA

"It is not innocuous. It is packaged in a way that the audience could just see it as beautiful and sweet, but depending on your life experiences, experience it viscerally, which unexpectedly occurred to me."

Parent Participant

"I felt closer to him doing this."

Noel Jordan, Festival Director, Imaginate, Edinburgh

"Jessica Wilson has developed a unique child centred approach that directly speaks to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. She possesses a brilliant talent for engaging children and young people in a stunning and inclusive participatory style."

Accessibility

In English.

Wheelchair accessible.

Companion Card accepted.

Assistive Hearing system available (FM).

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Additional Ticketing Information

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

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