This playful yet reflective exhibition speaks of climate-induced flora displacement, hidden ecological players, and the human; exploring imagined ecological adaptations, ecological hierarchies, and the idea of kin.
The works respond to current artist-residencies embedded within state and international science projects based in far North Queensland that explores the issue of rising temperatures from different perspectives. There is a long history of artists documenting scientific endeavors, however, this exhibition extends beyond documentation, using sculpture, stop-frame animation, digital media, and installation to explore interspecies relationships and perceived notions of hierarchy within ecological systems.
Both residencies examine the issue of climate change; the Tropical Mountain Plant Science project, led by the Australian Tropical Herbarium, is a result of consequence, undertaking a real-time rescue mission to save vulnerable mountain top flora from extinction with project partners cultivating the rescued plants in temperate zone Botanic Gardens, thousands of kilometers from their natural home. Whereas, the Wood, Termite, Fungi project, led by George Washington University, examines hidden players in the carbon cycle to model impacts of rising temperatures on the decomposition cycle.
The main theme that flows through the exhibition is ecological cause and effect through a multi-species lens, examining human and nonhuman hierarchal structures; ultimately seeking to empower a call to action to reconsider how we treat our kin, of all species.
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from Alison Davies
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