CURRENT PRESENTS:

Opening night:
Thursday 29th October 6-9pm
Exhibition continues:
Sat 30th -
Open Thurs - Sun 12-5 pm.

i'm just like a bag of soil digs into how experiential knowledge gained whilst gardening might translate into an embodied, relational practice with material. Drawing from permaculture philosophies, the work consists of biomorphic sculptural assemblages made from biodegradable and reclaimed matter, often collected from loved ones gardens. It thinks-through soil regeneration, alternative builds, composting, seed saving and edible weeds as generative starting points for making. i'm just like a bag of soil hopes to emphasize abundance and deepen ways of interacting with ecologies that are cyclical, reciprocal and curious..

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‘i’m just like a bag of soil’ by Erin Ginty

ARTIST BIO

Erin Ginty’s practice dwells within more-than-human relations and underground soils: swampy sites where the natural and urban tangle together. Ginty explores these fields through sculpture and installation, working with raw and fired clays, glass found on walks, studio leftovers and soupy, breathing video. Curious towards regenerative ecologies, she often breaks down materials to re-use or transform them, echoing actions learnt whilst gardening in her backyard. By negotiating with uncertainty, co-becoming and continually sifting her hands through muddy matter, Ginty's practice hopes to reach embodied, responsive ways of knowing.

Reading group led by Erin Ginty

SUNDAY 08 NOVEMBER 3-5 PM.

On Sunday the 8th November, to close the exhibition i’m just like a bag of soil, Erin Ginty will facilitate a reading group that contemplates and extends out the themes of the exhibition, considering adaptive gardening, interspecies cross-pollination and ecological stewardship. The readings will be informally discussed alongside platters of food made with edible weeds foraged from the artists and friends gardens, allowing participants to experience and enjoy alternate ways of consumption. From Joy Williams’ short story One Acre to Erin Manning’s essay Promiscuous Pedagogies and Val Plumwood's essay Decolonising Australian Gardens, attendees will inquire into the likening of creative and gardening practice.

TICKETS HERE:
https://events.humanitix.com/reading-group-with-erin-ginty