when: 30 August 2024 - 13 October 2024 | venue: The Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre | cost: See event for details | address: 118 Emu Bank Belconnen 2617 | website: https://belcoarts.com.au
published: 03 Sep 2024, 5 min read
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In an attempt to reclaim the landscape, this speculative future sees native Australian parasitic flora species collectively evolve in order to overcome their biggest competitor; humans. An adaptation into the materials that make up the constructed world, ironically made from the natural landscape that foundations are laid on. From the clay used to make bricks, the sand mixed with concrete, the ore converted into steel. This installation is commenting on the aggressive nature the Australian construction and mining industries find themselves in.
Developed from O'Meehan's research into native parasitic plants such as the Moojar/WA Christmas tree, the sprawling growth of drawings and ceramic objects slowly fill the cracks of the gallery space theorises the possible next steps in the natural environments' evolution. A future where the environment no longer struggles under the weight of human interference and harnesses the built infrastructure as its host, growing new foliage in clay and cement that it leaches from the foundations of the walls.
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In an attempt to reclaim the landscape, this speculative future sees native Australian parasitic flora species collectively evolve in order to overcome their biggest competitor; humans. An adaptation into the materials that make up the constructed world, ironically made from the natural landscape that foundations are laid on. From the clay used to make bricks, the sand mixed with concrete, the ore converted into steel. This installation is commenting on the aggressive nature the Australian construction and mining industries find themselves in.
Developed from O'Meehan's research into native parasitic plants such as the Moojar/WA Christmas tree, the sprawling growth of drawings and ceramic objects slowly fill the cracks of the gallery space theorises the possible next steps in the natural environments' evolution. A future where the environment no longer struggles under the weight of human interference and harnesses the built infrastructure as its host, growing new foliage in clay and cement that it leaches from the foundations of the walls.
Go see The Walls Once Built by Holly O'Meehan 2024.
The Walls Once Built by Holly O'Meehan 2024 is on 30 August 2024 - 13 October 2024. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Belconnen. Call 02 6173 3300 for details. Visit their website at https://belcoarts.com.au.
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