Liv Boyle, Mollusc, Baby, 2019, found object, 95 x 80 x 100mm, Photo:  Liv Boyle

PELAGIC

Liv Boyle
Sara Retallick
Jennifer Lavers

28 August – 14 September 

Tue– Sat 12-6pm

(OPENING)

Thu 29 August, 6-8pm

at 

BLINDSIDE

Level 7, Room 14 
Nicholas Building
37 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000 

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

Plastic debris on East Beach, Henderson Island Research Expedition, 2017. Photo: Jennifer Lavers

Seabirds and molluscs, whales and zooplankton, fish, flotsam, and plastics – all that inhabits the tidal zone, and upper surface of the open ocean.

Utilising material collected by Dr Lavers during her second Research Expedition to Henderson Island in the South Pacific – a remote, uninhabited atoll of the Pitcairn Islands archipelago – this unique collaboration will see the coming together of disciplines; sculpture, jewellery, sound, and science, exploring site-specific ecologies under pressure.

Artists Liv Boyle and Sara Retallick will respond to new research data such as accumulation patterns, weather conditions, beach topography and currents, questioning perceptions of remoteness and natural resilience.

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Liv Boyle, Mollusc, Baby, 2019, found object, 95 x 80 x 100mm, Photo:  Liv Boyle

(ABOUT THE ARTISTS)
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New Zealand born cross-disciplinary artist Liv Boyle works in Melbourne, Australia. Transforming discrete materials into contemporary object and jewellery, Liv collects and re-imagines detritus that speaks for its environment. Her work investigates key ephemeral sites such as tidelines, often referencing indicator species in changing ecosystems. Collaboration underpins and enriches Liv’s research-based practice. Liv completed a BFA in Sculpture at the University of Auckland (2005), and an Advanced Diploma of Jewellery at Melbourne Polytechnic (2013). She has exhibited internationally, including ITAMI International Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition in Japan (2017, 2013) and was a finalist for the National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2018, Australia.

Sara Retallick is an artist, musician and producer based in Melbourne, Victoria. Her work explores listening and human perception of sound and time in different listening situations. Through sound, photography, video and installation, her practice synthesises fieldwork, collaboration and expanded listening. Retallick has exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries like Bus Projects and Stockroom in Victoria, UNSW Gallery in Sydney and at the nomadic International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA International) 2018 in Durban, South Africa. She was awarded the Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship in 2017, and her work has been supported by Creative Victoria, NAVA and Arts Victoria.

Dr Jennifer Lavers is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) in Launceston, Tasmania. She is a marine biologist with expertise in tropical and temperate seabird ecology and marine pollution, including plastic debris. She and her graduate students regularly collaborate on art-science projects with an aim to translate scientific data or samples into outputs that engage the community. Dr Lavers has also been featured in recent documentaries, including Plastic Oceans and BLUE, as well as an upcoming BBC episode (October 2018). In 2017, her research on Henderson Island made global headlines after shining a spotlight on huge quantities of plastic debris accumulating on remote, uninhabited islands.