FUTURE
NOSTALGIA
Charlotte Haywood 17 June - 8 July 2023
Charlotte Haywood + Sue Simpson, Natalia Mann, Merindi Schrieber, Maxwell Douglas (Thv Flood), Katharina Nargar, Michelle Chapman, Loni Fitzpatrick
Future Nostalgia (install)
participatory performance, saw, video with sonic weaving (19:32 mins), vintage lace dress, high vis sportswear, shells, mesh, raffia, stainless steel, found chair, sprouted coconut, copper funnel, driftwood, curtain, BBQ, copper wire, sand, demijohn
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Charlotte Haywood + Sue Simpson, Natalia Mann, Merindi Schrieber, Katharina Nargar, Loni Fitzpatrick, Michelle Chapman
Sonic Weaving (2022)
voices, viola, harps on Bulwai Country, QLD, field recordings on Eastern Kuku Yalandji Country- Daintree Rainforest, QLD, Bundjalung Country- Mount Jerusalem, NSW, interviews with evolutionary biologist and orchid specialist Dr Katharina Nargar- Australian Tropical Herbarium, QLD, environmental scientist and rainforest seed specialist Michelle Chapman, DNA amino acid translation
19:32 mins
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Charlotte Haywood
Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri)- Myco-heterotrophic adaptation (non-photosynthetic; solely acquiring energy from symbiotic relationship with fungi)
banana fibre processed with Helle Jorgensen, agave fibre-collected in Mexico, raffia-shredded leaves of the palmyra palm native to Madagascar, coconut coir fibre Sri Lanka (Araliya Cooperative), cotton sash cord, found high vis shoelaces, found woollen mattress protector, found high vis sportwear, stainless steel
57cm x 52cm x 20cm
ARMATURE: Edward Horne (Horne Art Studio)
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Charlotte Haywood
Rabbit Orchid (Leptoceras meziesii)- Fire adaptive
banana fibre processed with Helle Jorgensen, agave fibre-collected in Mexico, raffia-shredded leaves of the palmyra palm native to Madagascar, coconut coir fibre Sri Lanka (Araliya Cooperative), cotton sash cord, found high vis shoelaces, found woollen mattress protector, found high vis sportwear, stainless steel
60cm x 32cm x 45cm
ARMATURE: Edward Horne (Horne Art Studio)
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Charlotte Haywood
Copper Bear Orchid (Calochilus campestris)- plant-insect coevolution; chemical ecology, pseudocopulation; critically endangered
banana fibre processed with Helle Jorgensen, agave fibre-collected in Mexico, raffia-shredded leaves of the palmyra palm native to Madagascar, cotton sash cord, stainless steel
60cm x 68cm x 18cm
ARMATURE: Edward Horne (Horne Art Studio)
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Charlotte Haywood
Future Forest Wear (2022)
found high vis wear, applied lace from ball gown, woollen mattress protector, raffia, mesh, shoe laces, calico
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Charlotte Haywood
Implicit Ecology Wear (2023)
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Charlotte Haywood
Symbiotic Dreamcoat (2023)
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Charlotte Haywood
More Than Human Loungewear (2023)
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Charlotte Haywood
Mycorrhizal Talent Quest (2023)
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Charlotte Haywood + Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Forum of Sensory Motion- Barngarla Country, Whyalla Residency
Observation (2022)
HD video looped
19:32
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Charlotte Haywood + Maxwell Douglas (Thv Flood)
Future Forest (2022)
HD video looped
19:32
Sue Simpson + Charlotte Haywood
Micro Confessions-Implicit ecology (2022)
participatory performance, saw, vintage lace dress, high vis sportswear, shells, mesh, raffia, stainless steel, found chair, sprouted coconut
10:00
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Charlotte Haywood + Peter Hardwick
Gut Instinct- A love letter to your guts/Edible Knowledge/ Can’t Eat Paper (2022)
crucifix orchid (Epidendrum radicans), vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) seeds, blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum), aged pandanus (Pandanus spiralis) syrup, aged pandanus (Pandanus spiralis) vinegar, agar agar, coconut
ephemeral/variable
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Charlotte Haywood
Through Our Hands: Atmospheric Water Collector + Filter
driftwood, copper wire, found copper funnel, cast Northern NSW beach sand, demijohn, BBQ, copper pipe, copper flat bar
140cm x 80cm x 80cm
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Charlotte Haywood
We are 37 % other beings
Paperbark, marketplace-sourced mirror
80cm d
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Charlotte Haywood + Michelle Chapman
May the Forest Be with You (2022)
clay harvested from home, seeds and ideas collected via Northern Rivers forest community network for biome ball for future: beings, food, resilience, pollination, soil structure, humus, habitat, smell, weed control, aesthetic, huggability:
FOOD: Bunyah Nut (Araucaria bidwillii), Blue Flax Lily (Dianella caerulea), Riberry (Syzygium luehmanii), Davidsons Plum (Davidsonia jerseyana), Plum pine (podacarpus elatus), Fruit Screw Palm (Pandanus spiralis), coconut (Cocos nucifera), Banana (Musa acuminata)
OTHER BEINGS: Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quiquenervia), Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora), Riberry (Syzygium luehmanii), Silly Myrtle (Decapermum humile), Riberry (Syzygium luehmanii)
SMELL: lemon scented gum (Corymbia citriodora), Riberry (Syzygium luehmanii), Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum flavum)
USEFUL: Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quiquenervia), Firewheel (Stenocarpus sinuatus), Pink Euodia (Melicope elleryana), River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), Native Ginger (Alpinia caerulea), Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys), Forest Oak (Casuarina torulosa), Sweet pettorsporum (Pittosporum undulatum), Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii), Blue Quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis), Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coranata), Deciduous Fig (Ficus superba), Fruit Screw Palm (Pandanus spiralis), coconut (Cocos nucifera), Banana (Musa acuminata), Bull Kauri (Agathis microstachya)
RESILIENCE + RESTORATION: Coastal She-oak (Casuarina equisetifolia), Plum Pine (Podocarpus elatus), Forest Mat Rush (Lomandra spicata), Penta Ash (Pentaceras austral), 18cm x 15cm x 10cm
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Charlotte Haywood
Past, present, future edible data of Ocean Acidification
agar agar, blue pea flower, sugar, citric acid
ephemeral/variable
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Living Library (2022-)
Networks of Knowledge Holders, Makers, Activists, Dreamers, Books, Atlas, Articles, Plants, Seeds…
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The artist/curator would like to thank and offer respects to: Edward Horne, Sophie Fleming, Hamish McCormick, Pania Edmonds, Sinem Saban, Victor Steffensen, Gerry Turpin, Tyson Yunkaporta, Robyn Wall Kimmerer, Vandana Shiva, Timothy Morton, Wade Davis, Donna. J. Harraway, the Bundjalung Nation, Buluwai People, Eastern Kuku Yalanji People and the Jagera and Turrbul Peoples of Menajin, and all First Nations and Nature-based Cultures that are maintaining Law, Culture and Traditional Ecological knowledge (TEK).