Salvage/Selvage
2022
Re-used Denim Jeans, 44 Gallon Oil Drums, Stuffing (recycled PET), Cotton Thread, Aluminium Wire, Screws, Steel Wire, Steel Bracket
Winner of the Neumann Family SWELL Sculpture Award, 2022
Sponsored by the Neumann Benevolent Foundation
Judged by Lindy Lee
2022
Re-used Denim Jeans, 44 Gallon Oil Drums, Stuffing (recycled PET), Cotton Thread, Aluminium Wire, Screws, Steel Wire, Steel Bracket
Winner of the Neumann Family SWELL Sculpture Award, 2022
Sponsored by the Neumann Benevolent Foundation
Judged by Lindy Lee
A reef of faded denim coral covers 3 empty oil drums, washed onto shore and scattered on the sand.
Salvage/Selvage draws parallels between human consumption and Coral Reefs.
During the 20th Century Denim became one of the most recognisable fabrics in the world, steeped in history and culture, from utilitarian workwear to item of fashion. Blue denim jeans are so ubiquitous that they are considered a ‘neutral’ in the wardrobe, in spite of the fact they are a bold colour choice for trousers. Fading and rips on jeans map the life of the wearer, revealing insights into their lives, their work a
Similarly, human activity, consumption and disposal is mapped on great swathes of reefs. During the 80s and 90s the oceans were absorbing and masking increases in rising global temperatures. It wasn’t until the early 2000s when the impact of the rises in sea temperature and its implications were beginning to be observed and understood. Currently the Great Barrier Reef experiences almost annual coral bleaching. The stress coral experiences through temperature rises causes them to expel the zooanthalae, which give coral colour. The acidification of oceans due to the absorption of CO2 negatively impacts reefs by dissolving their calcium carbonate skeletons. d their habits.
The coral has been hand sewn using old pairs of salvaged jeans. They are colonising old oil drums which are buried in the sand.
INSTALLATION Photos at SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, September 2022
Salvage/Selvage draws parallels between human consumption and Coral Reefs.
During the 20th Century Denim became one of the most recognisable fabrics in the world, steeped in history and culture, from utilitarian workwear to item of fashion. Blue denim jeans are so ubiquitous that they are considered a ‘neutral’ in the wardrobe, in spite of the fact they are a bold colour choice for trousers. Fading and rips on jeans map the life of the wearer, revealing insights into their lives, their work a
Similarly, human activity, consumption and disposal is mapped on great swathes of reefs. During the 80s and 90s the oceans were absorbing and masking increases in rising global temperatures. It wasn’t until the early 2000s when the impact of the rises in sea temperature and its implications were beginning to be observed and understood. Currently the Great Barrier Reef experiences almost annual coral bleaching. The stress coral experiences through temperature rises causes them to expel the zooanthalae, which give coral colour. The acidification of oceans due to the absorption of CO2 negatively impacts reefs by dissolving their calcium carbonate skeletons. d their habits.
The coral has been hand sewn using old pairs of salvaged jeans. They are colonising old oil drums which are buried in the sand.
INSTALLATION Photos at SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, September 2022
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