CONVERGENCES

Beyond the dominant lens of Anthropocene. 
Combining art, science and technology to observe how human and more-than-human form, cohabit and respond within symbiotic relationships.

Visitor looking at lichens’ electron microscopy prints, Seen and Unseen, (detail)

Label thermal print of a visitor’s fingerprint, Identity, (detail)

Video tour exhibition Convergences, (extract)

Bioart multimedia installation

Convergences (2024) combines art, science, and technology to observe how humans and ‘other-than-humans’ form, cohabit, and respond within symbiotic relationships with their surroundings and primordial environments. The Incinerator Art Space gallery becomes a platform for dialogue about sharing with other species, including lichens. 
These conversations remind us to look beyond the dominant lens of the Anthropocene.

Shifting the unseen world into the macroscopic view and exploring the invisible, the exhibition highlights self-organised biological structures found in lichens and humans. At the same time, it demonstrates the importance of the air’s components and quality, on which the delicate equilibrium of lichens, human life and the planet rely.

Artwork details

Artwork Convergences (2024)
Material Mixed media
Dimensions Variable – outdoor foyer, entrance space, 2 gallery rooms
Exhibition Marta Ferracin: Convergences
Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby City Council, Willoughby, AU
21 March - 14 April
Artist talk 6 April
Workshop 13 April
Links Willoughby City Council
Art Collector
Willoughby Community Preschool

Credits

Electron microscopy facilitators
Naveena Gokoolparsadh and Vijay Bhatia (SMM, The University of Sydney)

Voice recording and soundtracks
John W., Terra Mangala, myNoise

Activation design
Chris Daniel 

Photos and video
Corey Rankin; Christopher Verheyden; courtesy of the visitor

Research support project
Creative Australia

Provision of Incinerator Art Space
Willoughby City Council

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Installation assistant Christopher Verheyden