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Shelley Watters
Transforming matter
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Lumen prints of compost matter on Ilfobrom Galerie FB gloss. 40.6cm x 50.8cm (2x) unframed, 106 x 72cm framed. 2024.
Shelley Watters’ embodied composting art practice is situated within an eco-feminist framework and is inspired by the concept of sympoiesis, or “making with” coined by Donna Haraway.
Transforming matter is a pair of lumen prints of compost material including some of the worms and wood lice (who were returned to the bin after the collaboration). Watters' conceives compost as a site of wonder and speculation for its centrality to our future, and as a site of transformation due to its constant decay and renewal. One of the pair of lumen prints in this work is unfixed, so it will decompose throughout Process(ed).
Transforming matter is a pair of lumen prints of compost material including some of the worms and wood lice (who were returned to the bin after the collaboration). Watters' conceives compost as a site of wonder and speculation for its centrality to our future, and as a site of transformation due to its constant decay and renewal. One of the pair of lumen prints in this work is unfixed, so it will decompose throughout Process(ed).
Shelley Watters (she/her) (b 1981) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist who resides and creates on the unceded lands of the Gadigal and Wangal peoples. She primarily works in sculpture, photography, sound, and performance to explore ideas of feminism and ecologies.
Artist profile
Instagram | @shelleywatters
Website | www.shelleywatters.com
Website | www.shelleywatters.com
$500, with a 10% donation to APS
(C) Shelley Watters 2024
