Artists working to save the natural environment of the local mangroves
We are so proud of the variety of multi-media on offer at the next Mangroves from the Water exhibition.
Here is a preview to entice you to visit the Gordon Gallery.
Geraldine Chansard collaborated with director Pauline Dupin to create this heartwarming tale in a short video.
You can follow the news thread on Geraldine’s crowdfunding page to see the development of this project, as well as contribute to realize her dream:
https://fr.ulule.com/la_jeune_fille_tombee_amoureuse_des_mangroves/news/
Here is the schedule of talks, events and performances during our exhibition:
Mangroves from the water
Gordon Gallery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
26 July – 15 August
The exhibition will provide viewers with a range of media to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The artists also hope to see discussions occurring throughout the exhibition in a series of colloquia.
The artists are:
Alexis Gambis, Nicola Cerini, Enrico Santucci, Deb Taylor, Richard Collopy, Jacqui Dreessens, Stephanie Neville, Geraldine Chansard, Peter & Helen Martin, and Zahidah Zeytoun Millie.
The exhibition event will open on International Mangroves Day, 26 July, and end on 15 August 2020 during National Science Week (15-23 August). Workshops on weaving, printing and painting will run during the multimedia exhibition and guest speakers will present related talks on mangroves and the Barwon region.
Guest speakers:
| Date/Time | Guest Speaker | Location | Title |
| 15 Aug,
1000-1100 |
Oskar Serrano | Deakin University | Coastal wetlands as weapons for climate change mitigation and time capsules of the human past |
| 15 Aug, 1100-1200 | Peter Martin | Deakin University | For the Beauty of the Earth |
Workshops schedule:
| Date/Time | Presenter | Workshop | Location | Materials |
| 31 Jul,
1000-1200 14 Aug, 1000-1200 7 Aug, 1000-1200 |
Zahidah Zeytoun Millie | Kayaking/water colour sketching. | Barwon River, Barwon Heads
Hovells Creek |
Water colours, sketch book, kayak (self provided) |
| 1 Aug, 1000-1600 | Helen Martin | Eco printing | Point Lonsdale | |
| 2 Aug,
1000-1200
|
Deb Taylor | 2 hour collage
and paint workshop |
Project Space Gallery | |
| 26 Jul,
1400-1500
8 Aug, 1400-6500
22 Aug, 1400-6500 |
Jacqueline Dreessens | Environmental Dance Interpretation | The Project Space Gallery
Hovells Creek School theatre TBC |
|
| 15 Aug,
0930-1230 |
Nicola Cerini | Interpreting the mangroves: printing on plywood | The School of Lost Arts |
Live Performances
| Date/Time | Presenter | Performance | Location | ||
| Live music | Project Space Gallery | ||||
| 26 July
1400-1500 |
Jacqueline Dreessens | Environmental Dance Interpretation | The Project Space Gallery | ||
Check out this amazing video made by Enrico Santucci, of the Mangrove Tree Planting Day that happened on the 18th February.
Please click this link:
Altona Mangroves planting – HD 720p.mov
Or watch it on Youtube:
Thanks to Enrico for the video, Rebecca Morris from the University of Melbourne, and the amazing volunteers who helped out on the day!
Photos courtesy of Jacqui Dreessens
Mangroves from the Water exhibition is happy to collaborate with Ocean Tree Studios in Florida, USA to join the world celebration of the mangroves and wetlands on the International Mangroves Day.
Ocean Tree Studios is an environmental conservation organization founded in 2017 by Maya Greven (Founder, Creative Director).
“We believe that in restoring our landscape, we are restoring ourselves. Through community engagement, collaborative and creative efforts we hope to promote and further conservation efforts.” – Maya Greven
And so does the Mangroves from the Water team!
Reminder: ‘Mangroves from the Water’ is a group multimedia art exhibition will open on the International Mangroves Day 26 July and will end on 15 August on the opening day of the National Science Week, 15-23 August.
It is always interesting to know how artists/performers derive at their final works. We thank Jacqui for giving us a glimpse into her creative process, translating the inspiration from the natural mangrove environment by using images and words and ultimately transforming it into a physical dance performance.
Writing poetry about the Ecology of Place is vital for Jacqui’s dance making process. To begin to describe her sense of place, Jacqui uses verbs, adverbs, adjectives and alliteration.
Upwards
Rooted
Down
MuddyWaters
Clear
Skies
Alive
This helps to unpack her experience from being in and amongst the mangroves while floating in a kayak. These words become the launching pad for movement improvisations in the dance studio.
Feeling downwards
Breathing outwards
Growing skywards
Jacqui develops the bodily shapes and movement transitions based on the mangroves, expressing her sensory experiences and memories through the physical bodily form.
For more information, please do visit and follow her on:
Mangroves from the Water curator Zahidah and her team are working very hard to create a festival to celebrate the beauty of the UAQ mangroves and continue the quest to save this natural environment. Keep your calenders open for the week at end of February to visit this event, which caters to all : art, culture, and sports events!
Here are a few photos of our Mangroves from the Water exhibition at the building of our sponsor, the Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi.
The exhibition runs from 1 – 5 November, before moving to Sharjah next week.
Mangroves from the Water (MFTW) 