Exhibition: Our Small Terrain

Please join the Launch on Saturday 15 July 2023, 2pm

Saturday 15 July 2023 - Saturday 26 August 2023
Counihan Gallery, Brunswick

Chaco Kato’s art practice exists as a suite of encounters with new spatial situations, new social contexts, and new materials and processes.

This installation explores Kato’s ongoing interests in the ephemerality and question of what constitutes and determines waste, the border between art and non-art, natural and man-made and where the balance lies between controlled and uncontrolled.

Her practice is concerned with continuous processes as part of the generative system of organisms and human life, in which everything is impermanent and in flux. The act of collecting various organic materials such as pulp, pips, plants, mycelium, roots, and reclaimed items from the streets is a fundamental and crucial aspect of this work. 

Through this, the cycle of life, death, and rebirth is further examined, highlighting the delicate yet resilient nature of existence and the complex relationship between humans and the natural world.

Please see the link below for further information:

https://www.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/exploring-merri-bek/events/whats-on/our-small-terrain/