Circular Economies Artist: Susan Hauri-Downing and Tarsh Bates (WA)
Introducing artists Susan Hauri-Downing and Tarsh Bates! Who will be hosted by Beverley Station Arts Gallery & Platform Theatre, Beverley for Circular Economies!
Susan Hauri-Downing (WA) works at the intersections of social work and artistic methodologies. Her art practice focuses on bio-cultural diversity, ecological grief and loss and interspecies relationships. Previous work explores species loss, ties to "home", food security, ecological complexity, and conservation practices. She also facilitates connections with individuals and groups to explore ecological and social justice issues, providing safe spaces for art as therapy and creative eco-literacy. She has 20 years of experience working with people from diverse backgrounds and her trauma sensitive practice is dedicated to strengthening and improving the well-being of those with whom she works and the natural systems in which we live.
Tarsh Bates (WA) is formed from the exhalation of cyanobacteria and stars, a complex and diverse entanglement of Homo sapiens, Candida albicans, other microbial species, culture and technology. They forage knowledge, materials, ideas, tools and hunt transient alliances. They are interested in the work of olfaction, the sensual caress of odorants on the membranes of cells, volatile organic chemicals that are ingested, digested, excreted through the living, the non-and the semi-living: erotic inter-and intra-species communications and metabolic sense-abilities.
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Circular Economies is produced as a joint partnership by PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and SPACED. PICA and SPACED thank our community host partners.
Susan Hauri-Downing, Contact zones: soliciting the lip, 2014, digital photographic print on Hähnemuhle, 70x100cm.
