Rachel Honnery: The Plastosystem

Rachel Honnery utilises a science-fiction lens to understand the transformative effects of climate change on the environment. Combining scientific investigation, method and data with visual analysis and interpretation, Honnery's work reminds us of the vast and overwhelming challenges that we confront in the age of the Anthropocene.

'The Plastosystem' represents an underwater graveyard to the past and a predictor of a future malignant environment. The installation visualises hybrid marine creatures that have been forced to evolve in order to survive in an environment polluted by plastic. Fostering a scientifc approach to art making, Honnery considers a future dystopian marine environment that may not be so far away.

 

When
16 March - 14 April 2018
Address
Cnr Oxford St & Greens Rd Paddington NSW 2021
Hours
Wed to Fri 10am–5pm; Sat to Sun 12–5pm
Phone
+61 2 8936 0888

Image
Rachel Honnery, 'The Plastosystem' (detail) 2017, repurposed plastic bags. Image courtesy: the artist