Some Things Cannot Be Undone. Rubicon ARI 2018

Some Things Cannot Be Undone.

Rubicon Ari. Melbourne. 2018.

Sometimes Humorously, sometimes deadpan, Some Things Cannot Be Undone explores the notion of nature and ecology in the Anthropocene through found object assemblage and still-life photography.

Removing the nature/culture binary, with a hat tip to the occult and a hint of myth, Kalemba attempts a playful collaboration with phenomena and found objects.

The objects, presented as subjects, with deliberate use of pareidolia (seeing patterns or faces in random data) attempt to arouse empathy within the viewer . . .  Or at least a sense of humor.

Some Things Cannot Be Undone investigates the agency of the non-human and the abject positioning of nature to suggest contemporary stories of ecology and place, while inviting a questioning of the prevailing anthropocentric worldview.

Some Things Cannot Be Undone. Rubicon ARI 2018

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