Forecast
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Jo Pollitt: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2821-7768
Abstract
Wall text:
Forecast
An invitation to feel. . .
Find a place to rest
Listen to the sky moving
Notice the wind in the leaves
Paint the trees in your family
Stay with them as they fade
Feel all the feelings that rise
Know that you are connected
Forecast is a place for feeling, inviting audiences of all ages and abilities to contribute to the exhibition through contemplating trees as family, and weather as borderless. Participatory artworks Disappearing Forests and Weather Patterns emerge and change every day. These meditative interactions make room for deep listening, attention and care at a time of rising eco-anxiety and climate grief. The photographic works are a collaboration between artists, Ballardong Noongar woman Dianne Jones, and Eva Fernández of Spanish heritage. These powerful works were developed in response to Staging Weather, an ongoing transdisciplinary project by Edith Cowan University’s Centre for People, Place & Planet. Through this exhibition, artist-scholar Dr Jo Pollitt, in partnership with the WA Bureau of Meteorology, brings arts, science and education together towards deepening human relations with weather in creatively addressing climate futures. Equal part exhibition, artist studio, retreat and creative weather station, Forecast features interconnected generations of families and forests; daily disappearing treescapes painted with water; felt river stones for resting; and installations of shifting weather patterns.
In Sovereign Sisters, three young Noongar women rule the world. They subvert and repossess the symbolic trappings of colonial powers - crown, thrones, robes reminiscent of empires as Eva’s practice explores the evocations of the Spanish Golden Age. These young women are Dianne’s own nieces - Wenonah, Nakitta and Jaydah. The trees and rising waters are drawn here from photographs of the bushland and river of York, where Dianne was born and raised. Traditional lands, heavily farmed, battling the tide of now commonly known spectres - salination, drought, fires, floods.
The water is here. The land is speaking. Who is listening?
Non-Traditional Research Output
Curated Exhibition or Event
Document Type
Non-Traditional Research Output
Date of Publication
2024
Evidence of First Exhibition/Presentation
Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) Gallery
Location of the Work
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Research Statement
A year-long participatory exhibition at The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), Forecast merges arts, science, and education, for audiences of all ages. Participants interact with 'Disappearing Forests', painting evaporating treescapes, and 'Weather Patterns', a daily-changing installation reflecting atmospheric currents and shifts. These meditative experiences create space for deep listening, attention, and care, addressing rising eco-anxiety and climate grief.
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts / School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
82729
Links and/or Documentation
Event Title
Forecast
Event Dates
March 2024 - March 2025
Event Venue
Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) Gallery 09
Additional Information
Forecast concept and development in collaboration with AGWA, The WA Bureau of Meteorology and invited artists Dianne Jones and Eva Fernandez
Duration
12 month exhibition x 80,000 visitors