ENERGAIA

28 March – 8 May 2022

Energaia is an exhibition of work from visual artists, film-makers, designers and writers engaging with low carbon energy futures. An anthology of speculative fiction sits beside an interactive printed book. Life-scale images of wind turbines hang from the walls, echoing the scale of these turbine blades. An interactive documentary about how young people imagine the future of our world includes artworks and multiple voices, and a holographic projection riffs on Star Wars to include the voices of Extinction Rebellion. Two Virtual Reality experiences take the viewer into new worlds, one inside a circular economy building in Fremantle, and the other a coastal community town in the year 2050, entirely powered by energy produced from a water turbine.

Curated by Stuart Bender and Rachel Robertson, Curtin University

Lead Artists: Stuart Bender, Matthew Chrulew, Susanna Castleden, Kath Dooley, Philip Ely, Michelle Johnston, Thor Kerr.

Funded by: Curtin University

Images above: [Carousel #1] Susanna Castleden, 1:1 Wind Turbine Blade (detail), 2022. Gesso and acrylic on washi paper, 16.6 meters x 4.8 meters. Image courtesy of the artist. [Carousel #2] Thor Kerr, Raymond Grenfell, Hafizur Rahaman, Maureen Boyle & Richard Eames, FarNearFutureNow (video still), 2022. Image courtesy of the artists.

DATES & TIMES

28 March – 8 May 2022

Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sun 12pm-4pm

ADDRESS

John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley WA 6102

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Admission and Accessibility.

SUPPORTED BY

This exhibition is a Curtin University event