blu-tac and bandages

Combining sculptures and photographic images, Rosemary Laing’s powerful installation responds to the environmental crisis affecting the landscape of coastal New South Wales, which she has pictured in her large-scale scenes over many decades.

Re-assembling numerous small-scale broken and worn fragments from shells and rocks, Laing re-animates these remains of the natural world into ‘performers’ who react to their changing situation. Laing’s poignant and timely installation of re-imagined debris and close-up photographs considers the effects of climate change and speaks to the delicate balance between nature, culture and survival.