Northern Beaches Art Prize 2023

Vulnerable No 1. FINALIST Northern Beaches Environmental Art And Design Prize 2023.

Sensitive. Susceptible. The hardest of shells is not invulnerable in the face of the oncoming tide of change. Oysters can play and important role in monitoring water quality in our waterways. They can give accurate and detailed information about some pollutants and water temperature. Middens are able to reveal extremely detailed information about the long anthropological history of human interactions with Country. QX disease has decimated populations of Sydney Rock Oysters. They are prone. This work is also autobiographical.