tidal boundaries

action 8: patching and tearing

the eighth in a sequence of environmentally responsive actions undertaken at Redleaf beach in Sydney's east over the course of
a 4 month residency. This action utilises expanding packing paper for the protection of fragile things. As a disposable packing material, it’s a stand-in for all the single-use disposables impacting on the health of the harbour. It’s also a material that, like the fence, has a chain link structure that is revealed when it is stretched. The cast shadow of both materials is similar but it is simultaneously a strong and a flimsy barrier. Once torn it cannot be repaired.

method/practice/medium: stretchy packing material, pegs, hole in the fence

process/score: Stretch material over the hole until the chain link structure of the paper is evident, document the similarity of the shadows.

Firmly peg paper over the hole in the fence, making a permeable mend.

Tear through the mend with fingers to make a new hole. Navigate through the new hole. Document how the wind makes flags of the torn paper and shows the size and orientation of the breach.

Explore resonances of the torn remains with other elements of the shoreline, like kelp and other seaweeds collected at Redleaf.

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