Experience 'Plastic Problems' art exhibition by Bayley House
On display at Bayside Corporate Centre until 2 February 2024
In May 2023, Bayley House invited Billilla studio artist and environmental activist, Carolyn Cardinet, to facilitate a series of art workshops with nine Bayley Arts artists. The group were introduced to Cardinet's collection of brightly coloured baling twine in pink, blue and yellow, to be repurposed into woven and knotted art forms.
The project involved considerable planning and preparation and thought-provoking discussions between the group about how we manage our waste, where our plastic waste ends up and what plastic is doing to our planet.
Plastic Problems takes you on the artists’ journey from their letter writing, gathering micro-plastics on the beach, and taking part in Bayside City Council's ‘recycling education program’ to the challenges of weaving and pin-pricked drawings.
The incredible exhibition is currently on display in the foyer at Bayside Corporate Centre for you to enjoy until 2 February 2024.
These images appear larger in the gallery box
The baling twine remains the centre point of the exhibition. It highlights the synthetic colours and manmade fibres that we see dumped in our landfills and littered on our Bayside beaches. Plastic clutters our drains, travels down our rivers, into the ocean, and is eventually consumed by our marine life until it ends up in our food chain.
Plastic Problems aims to encourage the community to support climate action and inspire people for a better future.
About Bayley Arts in Highett
Located in Bayside, Bayley House specialises in enabling individuals with an intellectual disability to live a full, rich and rewarding life. Their art program, run at the newly opened Bayley Arts in Highett, demonstrates that having a disability is no barrier to being a talented artist.
