This exhibition weaves together stories of community, environment, and connection to Country through a new large-scale eel trap, woven using reinterpreted traditional methods; an immersive installation created from various plastic polymers (ghost nets and rope) recovered from the environment; and a three-metre suspended coral bommie circled by woven stingrays, bait fish, and a shark.
Artists include Aunty Desiree Walker, Erub Arts (Emma Gela, Florence Gutchen, Lavinia Ketchell, Racy Oui-Pitt, Ellarose Savage, Jimmy John Thaiday, and Jimmy K Thaiday), and Ghost Net Collective (Marion Gaemers and Lynnette Griffiths).
Aunty Desiree Walker, Eel trap (progress image), 2023, raffia. Courtesy the artist and Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
Benalla Art Gallery
30 June to 3 September 2023
Victoria
