Currents I
2016
Fishing net, Ephemeral ice core (vegetable extract), marine shells (oysters, cockles, mussels and abalone), Giclée map and acrylic on canvas mounted on board.
Dimensions variable.
Courtesy of the Artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane.
Installation View at Manly Art Gallery
Currents I
Currents I’ is a kinetic installation focussing on climate change, particularly concerning rising sea levels and ocean acidification. Transforming over a period of time, the installation is an unpredictable work of art. The collaborative piece first developed between artist Megan Cope and marine biologist
Roberta Johnson integrates mapping of sea and country, modes of scientific experimentation and references to Aboriginal cultural middens.
This work connects local precolonial social economic histories as well as ocean acidification testing . In each of their fields, both artist and scientist used evidence from the past to provide a forecast of what our futures may look like. Cope’s work embodies the connection between past, present and future through its imagery and materiality. It asks us to consider where we stand in relation to the landscape and Australian culture, and how our actions will shape them for tomorrow.
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
- Ku-ring-gai pH – Art + Science at Manly Gallery, 9 Dec 2016 - 19 Feb 2017
Currents II
2018
Ephemeral ice core, vegetable extract, found net, marine shells (oysters, cockles, mussels and abalone), Giclée map and acrylic on canvas mounted on board. Dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Documentation by Robin Hearfield
Currents II
Currents II is a kinetic installation focusing on climate change, particularly concerning rising sea levels and ocean acidification. Transforming over a period of time, the installation is an unpredictable work of art. The collaborative piece first developed between artist Megan Cope and marine biologist Roberta Johnson integrates mapping of Sea and Country, modes of scientific experimentation and references to Aboriginal cultural middens.
This work connects local precolonial social economic histories as well as ocean acidification testing. In each of their fields, both artist and scientist used evidence from the past to provide a forecast of what our futures may look like. Cope’s work embodies the connection between past, present and future through its imagery and materiality. It asks us to consider where we stand in relation to the landscape and Australian culture, and how our actions will shape them for tomorrow.
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
- 2018 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney. 15 March – 12 May
Installation documentation by Robin Hearfield.
