Image Credit: 'Image: Pug, Dark Botanical landscape, 2022, reclaimed styrofoam, reclaimed wood, reclaimed metal, repurposed disc brake, shaved plastic from a child's xylophone, nickel, Bát Tràng ceramic, Moreton Bay Fig vine, unidentified plant matter, bronze, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.'
The Dark Botanical Garden explores themes of ritual, archaeology, human experience and material play. The exhibition features an installation of sound and sculptural objects made from found objects, reclaimed wood, metal, styrofoam, and bronze, intervened to resemble speculative plant life. These selected materials aren't compostable and therefore likely to survive for centuries to come. The Dark Botanical Garden reflects the somber tone of of deep time, while exposing viewers to the hypnotic and transcendental nature of resonant sculptural sounds. Many of these works act as self-portraits, bodily representations of the material experimentation that brought the works into being.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
