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| Valerie Kirk and Harriet Schwarzrock in Geoscience Australia bulk storage, image @_5foot |
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| Fossil at Geoscience Australia, image @_5foot |
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| Rock Collection at Geoscience Australia, image @_5foot |
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| Valerie Kirk, drawing at Geoscience Australia, image @_5foot |
Valerie Kirk
Craft ACT Residency at Geoscience Australia and Namadgi National Park.
Rocks, fossils, plants – understanding deep history and protecting land for the future.
The residency is a unique opportunity to research, understand and respond to climate change/environmental issues and contributing factors. It allows me to deeply engage with the Geoscience Australia collection and the physical environment of Namadgi National Park through my specific interests.
Rocks and plant fossils fascinate me because they evoke a deep sense of time, show changing climates and evolution of the surface of the Earth. They appear solid and mark endurance.
Australia’s botanical heritage, as witnessed in the fossil record, and contemporary diversity of plants gives me a connection to place and appreciation of each moment from seed, to flower then withering. The cycle continues for posterity.
My project focuses on these elements and associated issues.
Part 1 of the residency – 9 days at Geoscience Australia, March 2021
Part 2 of the residency – 3 weeks at Namadgi National Park, April May 2021
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