Event Unmaking with Jessie French

Unmaking with Jessie French

Workshop

28 January 2023
2–3pm

Jessie French demonstrates the process of unmaking algae-based bioplastic, a biodegradable material that features in her work. It comes from new algae, a renewable resource whose sustainable production has the potential to rehabilitate oceans and the atmosphere, rather than ancient algae, the finite, mined resource petroleum is made from. French’s work features in our current exhibition Maluw Adhil Urngu Padanu Mamuy Moesik, which asks how we might decentre the human, prioritise care for Country, and pursue justice in an epoch of rising temperatures and seas.

  • Partner:

    Maluw Adhil Urngu Padanu Mamuy Moesik is presented by the Biennale of Sydney and the Institute of Modern Art, with generous support from the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund, an Australian Government initiative.

Guest Info
  • Jessie French is an artist and experimental designer based in Naarm/Melbourne, who invites engagement with the possibilities of a post-petrochemical world. Through experimenting with materials, she explores the potential of closed-loop systems, reuse, and conscious consumption. In 2020, she founded Other Matter, an experimental design studio working with algae-based bioplastics.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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