Sydney-based artists Connie Anthes and Rebecca Gallo, also known as Make or Break, are passionate about exposing the role and visibility of labour, process and the artist/audience relationship in ways that question and challenge the social and political systems that surround us.
For ‘The Department of Non-Human Resources’, on view at Lismore Regional Gallery in New South Wales until 6 June 2021, the artists invite us into a space of speculation, collective thinking, research, conversation and hands-on activity that question the sustainability and sustainment we face in an uncertain future.
Make or Break, 2019. Courtesy the artists
The exhibition space will change and adapt as the artists’ work on a series of storytelling and prototyping activities with the local community working, living and experimenting in related ways, subjecting the Gallery to a collective rethinking, examining its relationship to consumption, waste, knowledge-production, cycles of nature and community.
Public programs include the DONHR reading group, hosted by Make or Break, which explore a wide range of texts on sustainability, community and speculative futures, held every Thursday from 5-6pm in the Gallery or online. Texts will range from theory and non-fiction to kids’ stories, sci-fi and futurism, with recommendations sourced from within the Lismore community. Be part of the Re-wilding planting session where Make or Break, in collaboration with New Choices, have planted native grasses in planter boxes for harvesting and use as weaving material during the exhibition. All ages welcome.
