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GARTH JANKOVIC with ANNANDALE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE & WILLIAM ROSS STATE HIGH SCHOOL Strand Ephemera Schools Project
195 x 1780 cm
Acrylic paint, aerosols
About the Work
Students and teachers from Annandale Christian College and William Ross State High School worked with artist and facilitator Garth Jankovic to produce this work. The students developed imagery to compliment the theme of The Strand. Jankovic introduced students to techniques with acrylics and aerosols to create an artwork almost 18 metres in length.
About the Artists
Secondary students from Annandale Christian College and William Ross State High School worked in collaboration and under the guidance of Garth Jankovic. Jankovic is a local street artist with a background in education. Many of Jankovic’s works are featured in Townsville.
Erica GRAY
Visceral Bodies
45 x 180 x 180 cm
PVC, synthetic material, solar powered LEDs
About the Work
An interpretation of beauty, colour and bio-luminescence that comes from the deep, one that most will never chance to see. This work teases the viewer into a world that is life e.quatic.
About the Artist
Gray's e.quatic series of work is informed by the natural aquatic environment, and the creatures within. She utilises traditional sewing techniques, lighting and other incorporated technologies. The work displays a virtual luminescence, much as the human race embraces technology to enhance man-made accessories and immediate environmental experiences. This meshing is a process and aesthetic that Gray endeavours to mimic within a lot of her works.
Marion GAEMERS & Lynnette GRIFFITHS
Ancyent Marinere …. are those her sails?
450 x 550 x 10 cm
Ghost net, rope, beach rubbish, bamboo
About the Work
As idle as a painted ship. Upon a painted ocean.
Water, water everywhere …
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1834)
Themes in this poem by Coleridge (life, death, nature, seas) are reflected in the ghost net sails.
About the Artists
Marion Gaemers & Lynnette Griffiths work collaboratively using marine debris and nets, creating largescale installations. They exhibited together at the Sydney Biennale and Sculpture by the Sea in 2016, and Ghost Nets of the Ocean, Singapore 2017
Robert CRISPE
Lantis
60 x 450 x 400 cm
Mirrored safety glass, treated pine, projection
About the Work
Lantis came from the artist's imagining of the mythical city of Atlantis. As a narrative, this structure is a ruin from Atlantis washed up on our shore. Reflection can be something dreamy, philosophical and in a positive sense, critical. Atlantis is a utopia; a beautiful city reflecting dreams, hate and criticism onto its citizens to educate its citizens. This reminds the viewer of our digital age, but we are more dystopic than utopic...
About the Artist
Robert Crispe is an Australian filmmaker and photographer with an interest in experimental storytelling. He studied New Media Art at James Cook University, Townsville, and was awarded an ArtStart Grant from the Australian Arts Council. This lead to a brief career as a commercial content director at a London advertising agency, adam&eveDDB, before relocating to DDB Sydney. Now based in Townsville, Crispe is developing a number of projects for filmic and photographic purposes. A recent animation of Crispe’s was exhibited in Cannes Animation Day, Supertoon Festival, and NYC Indie.
Tanya COVENTRY with Bowen State High School
This Heart Within Me Burns
500 x 500 x 400 cm
Driftwood, sea plastic, wire
About the Work
Currently 85 species of pacific seabirds are endangered by plastic digestion. As more and more plastic fills their crops, never to be broken down, they slowly starve.
About the Artists
Tanya Coventry and students from Bowen State High School who are passionate about the environment have created this artwork to raise awareness.
Image: Dancenorth
