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things we need 2014
The sculptural works at Conductors Project as part of SafARI 2014 acknowledge the old binaries of the natural/artificial and synthesize these elements into a cohesive whole, a transfigured coral reef composed of the artefacts of throwaway society. Minerals crystallize within this toxic environment, intermingling with the remnants of consumption allowing a new landscape to emerge, one inseparable from mediatisation.
Australia prides itself on it’s unique wilderness but our Great Barrier Reef policy, completely ignores the impacts of mining industrialization and does nothing to stand in the way of the reef being turned into a dumping ground for dredge spoil and a shipping super highway for mining companies.
The selection of materials is critical to uncovering the content in ACAB’s work, ‘things we need’ exhibited in both Museum & St James station materials include; expanding foam, LED lights, plastic bottles, joysticks, Q-Tips, crystal growths, 6-pack rings, promotional detritus, defunct cables for outmoded technologies, brand-name sneakers, artificial plants and flowers, an old Playstation, Australiana souvenirs, caulking silicone, a reindeer from an outdated Myer windows display, McDonalds wrappers, headphones, TV remotes, a genuine fake Rolex, bubblewrap, webcams, Barbie, mobile phones, soft toys, film reels, polystyrene, answering machines, softdrink cans, astro turf, motherboards, Ray Ban sunnies, Ultra-Violet light and a plastic hamburger.
things we need 2014
The sculptural works at Conductors Project as part of SafARI 2014 acknowledge the old binaries of the natural/artificial and synthesize these elements into a cohesive whole, a transfigured coral reef composed of the artefacts of throwaway society. Minerals crystallize within this toxic environment, intermingling with the remnants of consumption allowing a new landscape to emerge, one inseparable from mediatisation.
Australia prides itself on it’s unique wilderness but our Great Barrier Reef policy, completely ignores the impacts of mining industrialization and does nothing to stand in the way of the reef being turned into a dumping ground for dredge spoil and a shipping super highway for mining companies.
The selection of materials is critical to uncovering the content in ACAB’s work, ‘things we need’ exhibited in both Museum & St James station materials include; expanding foam, LED lights, plastic bottles, joysticks, Q-Tips, crystal growths, 6-pack rings, promotional detritus, defunct cables for outmoded technologies, brand-name sneakers, artificial plants and flowers, an old Playstation, Australiana souvenirs, caulking silicone, a reindeer from an outdated Myer windows display, McDonalds wrappers, headphones, TV remotes, a genuine fake Rolex, bubblewrap, webcams, Barbie, mobile phones, soft toys, film reels, polystyrene, answering machines, softdrink cans, astro turf, motherboards, Ray Ban sunnies, Ultra-Violet light and a plastic hamburger.