Exhibitions

Polarity: Fire & Ice

Presented in association with Perth Festival

Polarity: Fire & Ice is an exercise in contemporary truth telling. Through the immersive film and photographic works of artists living in Australia, Canada and the Arctic, the exhibition considers the climate catastrophe – from the melting ice caps of the Arctic to devastating summer fires that have become commonplace in Australia. It connects our local decisions to global impacts, and offers poetic, salient and challenging artistic reflections on the climate emergency and our shared futures.

Importantly, it considers knowledge held by First Peoples around the world as central to understanding our changing climate and in contributing to solutions founded in care for land and waters.

Artists:
TIM GEORGESON
MAUREEN GRUBEN
CASS LYNCH
MEI SWAN LIM
ADAM SÉBIRE
INDIGENOUS DESERT ALLIANCE

Abstract representation of water and ice formations against a black background, relating to the Polarity: Fire & Ice
Adam Sébire anthropoScene II : Tideline / 2018 / HD video still / courtesy of the artist
A car engulfed in flames, representing the "Polarity: Fire & Ice" exhibition.
Tim Georgeson Pyrogenesis, 2020 (still from filmic work), image courtesy the artist

duration

7 hours

Cost

Free

Location

All Galleries

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