Elemental Systems
CARING FOR NON-HUMAN MATTER
Ice/Moss (studio iteration), ice block, wire, moss covered cement block (sourced from Franklin, Tasmania), 33 x 37 cm, 2019
Sediment System, sandstone, tubing, Derwent River water, tray, bucket, brick, dimensions variable, 2019
Elemental Systems explores the agency and vulnerability of the nonhuman. Working sensitively with natural elements from significant sites of lutruwita (Tasmania), the artist forms symbiotic relationships with each element through gestures of care and protection. Housed beneath Battery Point in the subterranean corridors of the historical site Princes Park Magazine, Elemental Systems presents ‘assembled landscapes’ of stone, water, ice and live bacteria. These fragments or ‘micro-ecologies’ of lutruwita (Tasmania) are a response to the artists connection to place.
Project presented by Constance ARI, nipaluna, lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania)
Ice/Moss (site iteration), ice block, moss covered cement sourced from Franklin, Tasmania, collected stone from site (Princes Park Magazine), 2020, approx. 33 x 40 cm, durational piece
Ice/Moss (video), installed in Princes Park Magazine as part of Elemental Systems presented by Constance ARI, 2020
Forging Home, collection of local dolerite, symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, living probiotic fluid, tubing, plastic sheet, glass bowl, 2020, dimensions variable
