How can contemporary art inspire CURIOSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY?

PROJECT: WHAT WE CONSIDER WASTE
ARTIST: SOPHIA L. FRANKS
PROJECT PARTNERS: DUST TEMPLE, GECKO ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL, GOLD COAST GREEN WEEK, REGIONAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT FUND GOLD COAST & LEVEL UP STUDIOS

What We Consider Waste encompasses interviews, workshops, an exhibition and a website. Centered around experimenting with food waste and additives, the aim is to establish stable substrate recipes that can be used for the construction of contemporary artworks.

Developed and presented at Dust Temple with the support of Gecko Environment Council and Gold Coast Green Week, What We Consider Waste fosters relationships between community and the environment in Currumbin. Dust Temple will be the platform for salvaging resources, building community connections, hosting workshops and as the venue for the final exhibition.

The aim of the project is to inspire curiosity and sustainability, and to encourage a sensitivity to materiality with the hope of adopting new relationships to nourish local economies and ecologies.