I am very happy to be included in Eden Unearthed 2022
9 September 2022 | Art Almanac Eden Unearthed: Art in the Gardens returns to Eden Gardens’ open-air gallery in Sydney’s Macquarie Park on 1 November 2022, with thirty-five sculptures ranging from sculptural pieces, textile to tactical works, interactive sound and light installations, on display across the 2.5-acre grounds. “The successful submissions have responded not only to the wonderful gardens and used them as a muse for their works, but also to the pillars of sustainability and site responsiveness that the exhibition reflects,” said curator Meredith Kirton. All capture something exceptional and ephemeral about our environment, often utilising recycled materials and plant products. Graham Forsyth, one of the three Eden Unearthed judges and honorary Associate Professor UNSW Arts and Social Sciences, said: “The works, often beautiful, sometimes whimsical, and always enchanting and stimulating, engage with Eden Gardens’ rich resources of spaces, nooks and ‘rooms’, using plinths made from trees, rocks, walls and water. The flow is both ways: the gardens and spaces allow the works of art to be enlivened and made rich with meaning, while the works support an idea of the garden as green, living, fluid and complex.”
The other judges on the panel include Rae Bolotin, sculptor and Artistic Director of BigCi, and Allan Giddy, Founding Director of NOX Night Sculpture Walk and Director of the Environment at the Research Initiative for Art, UNSW.