Moana Lee & Giselle Weir
8 Apr 2023
30 Apr 2023
Substratum
Substratum references the foundations on which everything is formed and depends; both the physical Earth itself, and ways of thinking about and seeing the world. In this exhibition, Moana Lee and Giselle Weir focus on weeds and insects, historically undervalued and sometimes reviled members of our ecosystems. Lee’s anthotypes made from plant extracts, and Weir’s work using watercolour, gouache and embroidery, expose the layers of interconnectivity that can exist in unexpected places.
Giselle Weir
Insects are all around us in our day to day lives sharing the Earth with us, their lives existing parallel to ours. Often regarded negatively despite being vital members of ecosystems and crucial to our existence, to bring them to the forefront of works in a gallery space aims to encourage viewers to consider them in new ways; to contemplate life through the lens of a non-human experience, and give thought to the delicately interconnected web of lives that form the whole.