Fossil is a woven, pod-like structure that mimics a biological artefact. It is a site-specific work, that is intended to interact with the place of Cottesloe beach. The sand provides the context of an archaeological dig, and the sculpture will glisten like a golden treasure at midday in the setting sun. The form of the object is inspired by its proximity to the beach, its pod-life shape having connotations of shells, urchins, squids, and ancient bones or flora washed up on the shore yet the colour of the sculpture having the appearance of golden treasure. The treasure-like appearance of the materials used contrasts starkly with how they are sourced, as the sculpture is made of approx. 3,000 recycled cat food tins. By creating a “fossil” out of recycled materials, the sculpture embodies an ethos of reusing and recycling. It seeks to raise issues of sustainability as it shows the immensity of waste produced from everyday packaging. Unless recycled, each cat food can will take 100 years to degrade.

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BIOGRAPHY

Collaboration between
multidisciplinary artists. Arsenii MFA RMIT
2020 and BVA Central Institute of Technology
2017. Exhibited in WA and Victoria and
commissioned for Perth Airport. De Biasi BA
ECU 2018. Selected for SxS Artist Mentorship
2018 and 2019, National Graduate show at
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.

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