Kelp, an underwater dancer, yields to the tide, regenerating life within our ocean while drawing down carbon from our atmosphere.
With rising temperatures, overfishing and lowering food supply, our ocean ecosystems are dying along with the kelp forests that sustain them. Is kelp(seaweed) a key? Kelp forest regeneration is deservingly prominent within the discourse surrounding the sustainability of life on our planet.
This immersive and interdisciplinary art experience, sponsored by the Climate Foundation, features artworks from eight artists, scientists and technologists who are inspired by the aesthetics of underwater ecosystems along with the science and technology that seeks to regenerate them.
Kelp Culture 2022 engages the audience in a relationship with these underwater wonderlands, a relationship that may keep us breathing and our ecosystems thriving for generations to come.
Artists: Mandy Quadrio, Kay Lawrence, Claire Tracey, Nadia Milford, Brian von Herzen, Steve Andrews, Julia Champtaloup, Jane James. Curated by: Ellie-Lea Jansson.
Exhibition Program:
Opening Night Thursday 23rd of June 5:30- 7:30 pm
Opening address Thursday 23rd of June 6:30 pm
Live movement performance, Saturday 2nd of July 2 pm
Panel Artist Talk Saturday the 2nd of July 3 pm
Exhibition Sponsored by: Climate Foundation, Flying Art Alliance Inc.
Image by: Steve Andrews and Robert Brown
