Resonance: Dialogues in Art and Ecology

This exhibition brings together 16 leading Australian artists to amplify the voices of more-than-human worlds. Curated by Sharmila Wood.

About the exhibition

Through sound, fibre, film, paper installation, and sculpture, Resonance gives voice to worms, fungi, beetles, seeds, fibre, barnacles, lichens, wind, birdsong, heartbeats, rain, and soil. From the granular and microscopic to planetary systems, the works gathered here highlight ecological interdependence and call audiences to listen, respond, and engage.

Presented by Southern Forest Arts the exhibition features artists:

Tarsh Bates, Renata Buziak, Kim V Goldsmith, Lee Harrop, Susan Hauri-Downing, Catherine Higham, WhiteFeather Hunter with Kate Goff, Forrest Keegal, Heidi Kenyon x Friendly Conspiracy, Linda Knight, Annette Nykiel, Perdita Phillips, Jane Richens, Debbie Symons, Cassandra Tytler, and Clarice Yuen.

Resonance situates Australian practice within the ecoartspace transnational platform based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded in 1997 by Patricia Watts to support artists, scientists, and advocates addressing environmental issues.

The project sees the launch of the Australian chapter of the ecoartspace network – a collective of likeminded practitioners working across artforms with a shared concern for the natural environment.

“Artists are like scientists, making the invisible visible and offering new ways of thinking about human impact on ecosystems.” – Patricia Watts, Founder, ecoartspace

This project is proudly supported by the State Government of WA.

My work in this exhibition:

Geebung (Persoonia species) Healing Sweet Snack

This artwork from my Gondwanan Biochromes series, explores plants with lineages tracing back to the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.

Created through my biochrome process, the work emerges from a collaboration with natural forces—plant matter, microbes, and time. Together, they shape the image through cycles of decay and transformation with photographic materials.

The Geebung, known for its fleshy fruits, has endured for millennia. Its sweet, nourishing berries and medicinal qualities have long supported humans, strengthening connections between people, plants, and place through acts of harvest, care, and reciprocity.

I developed this work during an artist residency at Binna Burra, in the Yugambeh region, within the World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Woonoongoora / Lamington National Park, Queensland. Here, I engaged deeply with the landscape, studied native flora, and consulted with paleobotanist Dr Ray Carpenter.

By allowing natural processes to leave their trace, Geebung (Persoonia species) Healing Sweet Snack reflects on impermanence, resilience, and ecological interdependence. It invites viewers to consider the unseen work of microbes, the balance between growth and decay, and the wisdom carried by plants whose stories stretch across deep time.

In her essay Time, Transition and Transformation: Renata Buziak’s Gondwanan Biochromes Dr Lisa Chandler wrote:

“Renata Buziak’s intriguing biochrome images take us on a metaphorical journey into the Gondwana rainforests surrounding Binna Burra – a rich environment containing plants with lineages that can be traced back to the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana.

Buziak’s work provides a fresh perspective on this complex ecosystem, helping us distinguish and learn about individual plants, and revealing their connection to a wider ecology and its ongoing cycles of growth and decay that stretch back over 50 million years – before the continents of Australia and South America separated from Antarctica.

But perhaps what is most surprising about Buziak’s biochromes is that the plants themselves are vital collaborators in the creation of these fascinating images.” (L. Chandler, Art. Nature. Science. at Binna Burra, 2022).

Gondwanan Biochromes Online

You can view most of my Gondwanan series on my Portfolio page: Gondwanan Biochromes. Most are available, and a few are in my online Store. Please enquire via the contact page.

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Images on this page:

• Banner image: Resonance exhibition title page.
• Centre artwork: Renata Buziak, Geebung (Persoonia species) Healing Sweet Snack: 197 x 85 cm, textile, edition of 3; and 50 x 21 cm, archival pigment print on paper, edition of 5.