Carbon Arts

In Making Sense, two Australian artists – Debbie Symons and Jasmine Targett – explore Antarctica from two different perspectives asking the question: how does science and art change the way we view nature and environmental decline? Targett’s multi-coloured aerial maps of Antartica made stunningly of dichroic glass, itself used in constructing space helmets, reveals the fragility of protective systems both natural and man-made. Symons’ subject is species loss, mapped across the regions of Antarctica and revealed through opening a old chest of drawers, itself harking back to an older age of exploration. The exhibition is accompanied by a forum on data, art and visualisation.