Worlding With Oysters: Sarah Jane Moore

In this exhibition Dr Sarah Jane Moore asks us to listen to the Bandangi - the Sydney Rock Oyster.

When:
14 October - 13 November 2020
 

Where:
Level 5 Main Library
 

Artist:
Dr Sarah Jane Moore

The poetics, songs and artworks presented in Worlding with Oysters are a result of Dr Sarah Jane Moore observing and interpreting the research of Dr Laura Parker, Indigenous Scientia Fellow in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, who aims to 'future-proof' natural oyster populations through building resilience to ocean warming and acidification. This dialogue between art and science opens up a space to embrace Indigenous knowledge, understandings and wisdoms, where the revitalisation of cultural practices is a call to arms to care for Sea Country.

Image gallery

A dimly lit room with text on the walls, black ceiling, grey floor, and a painting on the far right wall.

Worlding with Oysters Installation 1

A dimly lit room with tex and small colourful paintings on the walls and a pile of oyster shells in the centre of the grey floor.

Worlding with Oysters Installation 2

A dimly lit room with text and small colourful paintings on the walls, black ceiling, grey floor.

Worlding with Oysters Installation 3

An abstract painting with a blue background and red and black curving lines alongside a column of gold text.

Worlding with Oysters Installation 4

A pile of oyster shells in the centre of a dark grey floor.

Worlding with Oysters Installation 4

A woman in a black dress with a leafy branch in her lap sits alongside a painting while holding a mortar and pestle.

Worlding with Oysters - Artist Dr Sarah Jane Moore

A dimly lit room with text on the walls, black ceiling, grey floor, and a painting on the far right wall.
A dimly lit room with tex and small colourful paintings on the walls and a pile of oyster shells in the centre of the grey floor.
A dimly lit room with text and small colourful paintings on the walls, black ceiling, grey floor.
An abstract painting with a blue background and red and black curving lines alongside a column of gold text.
A pile of oyster shells in the centre of a dark grey floor.
A woman in a black dress with a leafy branch in her lap sits alongside a painting while holding a mortar and pestle.

Events from this exhibition

Australia Awards student workshop

During NAIDOC week, international students with scholarships through the Australia Awards program participated in an art-making and storying Making Circle with artist Dr Sarah Jane Moore (School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences). Students ‘built a reef’ of respect in a guided art-making and storying session that embraces Indigenous ways of knowing and sharing.