Autumn Tansey - Saving for a Rainy Day
Exhibition
28 July - 5 September 2021
Woods Street Art Space presented Saving for a Rainy Day, a photography and video project by Autumn Tansey investigating themes of food security and biodiversity in relation to a changing climate. With a focus on the simple act of saving seeds, the video depicts the process of shelling seeds, while the photographs feature macro photographs of seeds. An intimate view of an everyday object of the environment that encourages viewers to pay attention to the changing environment.
About the artist
Autumn Tansey is a local conceptual artist and emerging curator with a practice based in lens-based media and installation. Since completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photomedia from Monash University in 2010, she has exhibited across Melbourne in numerous exhibitions and events and has been the recipient of various awards, residencies and programs. Autumn explores complex social and political issues throughout her practice, most-often with overarching environmental themes.
Learn more about the artist and her work here: autumntansey.com
Laneway Gallery is an outdoor exhibition space at Woods Street Art Space in Laverton. Part of the space’s overall annual programming, this is one of a series of commissioned displays by artists responding to social, historic, or environmental themes. Learn more about Laneway Gallery.
If you have questions about the work, please contact the Arts team at arts@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au