FRUITS OF THE SEA - video installation
These aluminium food tins are laid out like a future museum specimen display. They once contained the 'Fruits of the Sea’, small fish at the bottom of the food chain that are incredibly important within our complex marine ecosystem. But now the tins are empty...
Looking down to the movement of the sea below we are reminded of the fragility of an inter-connected system of oceans and of the life that they sustain and of our responsibility as caretakers of the planet. Continued unsustainable fishing practises and rising sea temperatures are putting these fish at a global risk of extinction. FRUITS OF THE SEA video installation 9 X HD B&W videos 1-2 mins with sound, sardine, anchovy, herring and other small fish tins, wire handmade keys, plywood display cabinet with sardine wood-burnt motif on stand w 700mm x d 500mm x h 750mm |
finalist NORTH SYDNEY ART PRIZE 2024 'HIGHLY COMMENDED' The Coal Loader Centre For Sustainability Waverton, Sydney May 11 - June 2 finalist NATIONAL CAPITAL ART PRIZE 2023 Aarwun Gallery, Canberra ACT Sept 14 - Oct 8 finalist NILLUMBIK PRIZE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 2023 Monsalvat, Eltham, Melbourne, Victoria April 20 - June 11 finalist THE LAKE MAC ART PRIZE 2022 Museum of Art and Culture yapang, Lake Macquarie NSW September 24 - December 11 |
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* this installation has been continually developing: amendments have been made to the design - height & legs of the cabinet, plus the addition of a glass top. Video content altered for better display in different lighting conditions plus a mirror-less version for full lighting situations, the addition of led lighting underneath for fully darkened spaces and finally the addition of an original soundtrack. |
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