12. Selena de carvalho
Shell Phones
Mixed media sculpture
25 x 25 x 15
$1,000
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Artist Statement about the work
It is a popular myth that when you hold a shell up to your ear, you can hear the sound of the ocean. The rushing sound that one actually hears is in fact the noise of the surrounding environment, resonating within the cavity of the shell.
The object combines natural and man-made materials to unearth speculative possibilities of what may occur if humans took time to tune in and listen to natural systems in an age of global warming. Merging shells and headphones to explore the consequences of climate change and the inevitability of the rise in sea level.
Shell Phones also reference the incredible middens of abalone shells that exist on the West Coast of Tasmania. This island, that supported a thriving, harmonious indigenous population for many 1000’s of years.
Shell Phones are a poetic, playful re-imagining of the possibilities for human interaction with non-human entities.
About the Artist
Selena de Carvalho is an emerging cross-disciplinary artist based in Tasmania. Selena is the recipient of numerous awards and grants and has been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Tasmania. In 2013 she received the Arts Tasmania Dombrovskis Award. Most recently she created an installation for Faux Mo as past of Mona Foma. During 2016 she was a studio resident at CAT (Contemporary Art Tasmania) and received the prestigious Harold Shenburg Fellowship as part of Hatched at PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art).
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Mixed media sculpture
25 x 25 x 15
$1,000
Click here for the 2017 Finalist's index Click here for the next finalist Click here for the previous finalist
Artist Statement about the work
It is a popular myth that when you hold a shell up to your ear, you can hear the sound of the ocean. The rushing sound that one actually hears is in fact the noise of the surrounding environment, resonating within the cavity of the shell.
The object combines natural and man-made materials to unearth speculative possibilities of what may occur if humans took time to tune in and listen to natural systems in an age of global warming. Merging shells and headphones to explore the consequences of climate change and the inevitability of the rise in sea level.
Shell Phones also reference the incredible middens of abalone shells that exist on the West Coast of Tasmania. This island, that supported a thriving, harmonious indigenous population for many 1000’s of years.
Shell Phones are a poetic, playful re-imagining of the possibilities for human interaction with non-human entities.
About the Artist
Selena de Carvalho is an emerging cross-disciplinary artist based in Tasmania. Selena is the recipient of numerous awards and grants and has been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Tasmania. In 2013 she received the Arts Tasmania Dombrovskis Award. Most recently she created an installation for Faux Mo as past of Mona Foma. During 2016 she was a studio resident at CAT (Contemporary Art Tasmania) and received the prestigious Harold Shenburg Fellowship as part of Hatched at PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art).
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