RUBBISH ON THE SHORE | Design and Discourse
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Accessible bathroom, All gender bathroom, Assistance animals welcome, Low sensory / relaxed, Seating available, Wheelchair accessible“Ghost nets account for about 40% of all ocean plastic, and take 600 years to break down.”
Agency Projects in partnership with First Nations design thinkers continue the important conversation around issues facing Indigenous community organisations impacted by ghost nets and marine debris across the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Torres Strait.
Agency will build a structure from ghost net and marine debris across the ten days of design week, using waste materials collected by Indigenous Ranger Groups. The build will be led by Cave Urban, a multidisciplinary design studio formed by artists, architects and sculptors, and will slowly evolve across the week. The built structure will provide a striking visual and physical representation of the issues facing Indigenous communities, but will also invite design thinkers to consider new and unique uses for this waste material, which will in turn assist First Nations people in their quest to care for and heal Country.
Following on from Agency’s Rubbish on the Shore thinktank on Country in early May, the growing structure will form an active backdrop for talks and presentations about the cultural and environmental impacts of ghost net and marine debris pollution affecting First Nations communities. Agency have invited First Nations guests to share their cultural and environmental knowledge of the ghost net and marine debris problem as leaders and custodians of the lands and sea, inviting audiences to join their cause.
Entrance to the exhibition is free. Tickets for the breakfast talks are $15. To register your attendance, please RSVP via link in each talk title.
Friday 24 May, 8.30-10am
Global Plastics and local impact
Join Timothy Moore, Mayatili Marika and Kate Noble in conversation, discussing Global plastics and local impact in the context of ghost net and associated marine debris affecting Sea Country.
Saturday 25 May, 9.30-11am
Creativity, collaboration and circularity
Join Leila Gurruwiwi and panel members where they will discuss creativity, collaboration and circularity in the context of their own practice.
Sunday 26 May, 9.30-11am
Sustainability and reuse in creative practice
Join artists in conversation – Janette Murrungun from Numbulwar Numburindi Arts, Yorta Yorta artist, Janet Bromley and sculptor Jessica Leitmanis in conversation to discuss Sustainability and Reuse in Creative Practice and how the use of ghost net, marine debris and other waste finds its way into their practice.
Monday 27 May, 8.30-10am
Protecting the natural and cultural values of sea country
Join a panel of Indigenous Rangers in conversation as they unpack the work that they do and how protecting the natural and cultural values of Sea Country drives their work around beach clean-ups and finding new ways to tackle the ghost net and marine debris issue.
Dates
Tickets
Venue
Access
Accessible bathroom, All gender bathroom, Assistance animals welcome, Low sensory / relaxed, Seating available, Wheelchair accessible“Ghost nets account for about 40% of all ocean plastic, and take 600 years to break down.”
Agency Projects in partnership with First Nations design thinkers continue the important conversation around issues facing Indigenous community organisations impacted by ghost nets and marine debris across the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Torres Strait.
Agency will build a structure from ghost net and marine debris across the ten days of design week, using waste materials collected by Indigenous Ranger Groups. The build will be led by Cave Urban, a multidisciplinary design studio formed by artists, architects and sculptors, and will slowly evolve across the week. The built structure will provide a striking visual and physical representation of the issues facing Indigenous communities, but will also invite design thinkers to consider new and unique uses for this waste material, which will in turn assist First Nations people in their quest to care for and heal Country.
Following on from Agency’s Rubbish on the Shore thinktank on Country in early May, the growing structure will form an active backdrop for talks and presentations about the cultural and environmental impacts of ghost net and marine debris pollution affecting First Nations communities. Agency have invited First Nations guests to share their cultural and environmental knowledge of the ghost net and marine debris problem as leaders and custodians of the lands and sea, inviting audiences to join their cause.
Entrance to the exhibition is free. Tickets for the breakfast talks are $15. To register your attendance, please RSVP via link in each talk title.
Friday 24 May, 8.30-10am
Global Plastics and local impact
Join Timothy Moore, Mayatili Marika and Kate Noble in conversation, discussing Global plastics and local impact in the context of ghost net and associated marine debris affecting Sea Country.
Saturday 25 May, 9.30-11am
Creativity, collaboration and circularity
Join Leila Gurruwiwi and panel members where they will discuss creativity, collaboration and circularity in the context of their own practice.
Sunday 26 May, 9.30-11am
Sustainability and reuse in creative practice
Join artists in conversation – Janette Murrungun from Numbulwar Numburindi Arts, Yorta Yorta artist, Janet Bromley and sculptor Jessica Leitmanis in conversation to discuss Sustainability and Reuse in Creative Practice and how the use of ghost net, marine debris and other waste finds its way into their practice.
Monday 27 May, 8.30-10am
Protecting the natural and cultural values of sea country
Join a panel of Indigenous Rangers in conversation as they unpack the work that they do and how protecting the natural and cultural values of Sea Country drives their work around beach clean-ups and finding new ways to tackle the ghost net and marine debris issue.