Collaborative Project
Aurelia King
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What holds particular significance for you in/about Neilsen Park country and Bottle and Glass Point?
Seymour is particularly drawn to seaweed, a vital component in marine systems that provides food and habitat for diverse aquatic life. Seaweed aquaculture further positions itself as a potential aid in the climate crisis, holding uses as food, biofuels and fertilisers. It is important to recognise that First Nations have a deep and diverse traditional knowledge of Australian natural resources, including seaweed. Through Seymour’s research for the Rockpools project, she considers sustainable and ethical methods of ‘extracting’ seaweed as a material for artistic purposes.
Background
Aurelia King is a Hungarian-Taiwanese Australian artist living and working on unceded Gadigal land.
Growing up as a Randwick local immersed in the area's parks and beaches, Aurelia's work is profoundly informed by her appreciation of place.
Her recent work delves into deep understanding of place, place-bound identity, and the ability for location to hold memory through expanded site-specificity.
Aurelia’s installation practice explores the experimental boundaries of the expanded field. Often working with found and foraged materials, Aurelia employs laborious processes of transformation, deconstruction, and reconstruction in ritualistic journeys to process her personal and locational experiences.
How do you create spaces for contemporary leadership, learning and collaboration with other people and the environment?
My work and leadership evolves tentatively but with focus. When people come together to discuss and learn, an approach that relies on openness, honesty, respect and dedication is required. I try to uphold this in all my movements as artist, collaborator, student and teacher.
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We live and work on Bidjigal, Birrabirragal and Gadigal Country. We honour the ongoing cultural and ecological relationships First Nations Australians hold with Country, waters and skies and acknowledge their continued custodianship.
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