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Sarah Lynch is currently based in Naarm and works primarily across digital and analog photography, video, and installation. Sarah's most recent work has been driven by a desire to record the nuanced, ever-changing, and almost imperceptible flourishes in the human-altered landscape.
Sarah Lynch Blog
1d ago
well…it’s in my nature by Soft Meadow Collective, Bakehouse Studios, May 2023
Soft Meadow Collective aims to reignite dormant biophilic forces by immersing the viewer in the captivating forms and vibrant colours of plants thriving amidst the urban landscape. We believe that the sublime experience of nature is not limited to grand landscapes or far-off wilderness; it can be found in the backyards, small balconies, and overlooked spaces along train lines and abandoned lots. It’s in my nature is a transformative gesture that celebrates the lively interplay between the human and the plant world ..read more
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1M ago
Between Two Sites
Burrinja Cultural Centre
May 27th - 1st July 2023
Artists: Anne McCallum, Madelynne Cornish, Sarah Lynch, Shannon Collis, Lesley Duxbury, Sarah Edwards, Amias Hanley
Curated by Madelynne Cornish and Sarah Lynch
Public Programs:
Exhibition Launch: Saturday 27th of May @ 2pm
Between Two Sites ~ Artist Round Table: Sat, 3 Jun 2 to 4pm:
Twining Workshop ~ Presented by Anne McCallum: Sat, June 10, 1-3pm
Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve - An Immersive Listening Experience: Sat June 17, 1-2.30pm
Children's Activities: Build a nest with Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater: Thurs ..read more
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3M ago
With a focus on the unique plant life that flourishes in novel ecosystems such as abandoned or overgrown lots, the Soft Meadow Collective invites discussion on urban biodiversity, pollination pathways and mitigating climate change in the city. Attendees will be taken on a walk around the backstreets of Collingwood and will each receive a unique map and zine along with access to the collective’s pop-up library.
This project aims to embed deep ecological principles into everyday life and create dialogue around complex histories, and environmental and climate issues. The dérive explores the ..read more
Sarah Lynch Blog
1y ago
Urban geographer Matthew Gandy's film 'Natura Urbana: The Brachen of Berlin' explores the spontaneous explosion of diverse wild landscapes in the abandoned urban spaces of Berlin during the post-war period. Emerging from war-time destruction, economic malaise, and geopolitical division, these empty sites evolved into laboratories for botanists, artists, and ordinary people seeking respite from the city.
In this panel talk, Matthew Gandy joins landscape architect Alistair Kirkpatrick, artist Sarah Lynch and Uro Publications' Maitiú Ward to discuss Gandy's film and recent book 'Natura Urbana: Ec ..read more
Sarah Lynch Blog
1y ago
The Studio 15 artist collective will take you on a dérive of spontaneous plants in the surrounding areas of the Collingwood Yards
With a focus on the unique plant life that flourishes in novel ecosystems such as abandoned or overgrown lots, and cracks in the pavement and rooftops. Inviting discussion on urban biodiversity, pollination pathways and mitigating climate change in the city of Yarra.
Photo Credit by Jessye Wdowin- McGregor
Photo Credit by Jessye Wdowin- McGregor
Photo Credit by Jessye Wdowin- McGregor
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Sarah Lynch Blog
2y ago
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Come on a dérive through the city with artist Sarah Lynch and ecologist Dean Schrieke as they wander into abandoned industrial sites, forgotten parklands and overgrown rail corridors. Terrain vague is increasingly recognised for interweaving social, political, and ecological networks.
Have you ever wondered what plants flourish in urban spaces and why? What are spontaneous plants and novel ecosystems? Come and find out what to look for when you next wander along a train line or through an abandoned urban space left to overgrow in the city.
Join Sarah and Dean as they integrate arti ..read more
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2y ago
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About this event
Join artist Sarah Lynch and writer Dr Prudence Gibson in an introductory discussion on Critical Plant Studies, the entanglements of plants, science, art and philosophy, focussing on the vegetal world. This conversation will draw attention to plant blindness, decentering the human and the importance of making space for vegetal liveliness.
About the Speakers
Sarah Lynch is currently based in Naarm (Melbourne) and works primarily across digital and analogue photography, video and installation. Lynch’s most recent work examines the diversity of the botanical wo ..read more
Sarah Lynch Blog
2y ago
Whilst on the residency weather was the most pressing force determining the activities to be undertaken in the field. From whiteouts of thick fog to filming in snow showers, torrential rain and gale-force winds… For further reading: Journal Entry # 2
Snow gums in the snow, 2021 ..read more
Sarah Lynch Blog
2y ago
I have embarked on my first artist residency at Bogong Centre for Sound Culutre in a remote Alpine village that was purpose built for the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme in North East Victoria. Here is a link to my Journal Entry #1
Mt Feathertop, Great Alpine Road, 2021 ..read more
Sarah Lynch Blog
3y ago
Check out the RMIT graduate festival and exhibition now launched online. What an incredible journey it has been over two years.
https://artgradfest.rmit.edu.au/master-of-photography?fbclid=IwAR0mfCup7kt_PjNcel7wHhZKFokOXXfr0Fol0RX1loajts77fQEvUvnvAg4
Online Gallery link:
https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/3235000/negotiating-constraint-master-of-photography-2020 ..read more