Lifting the lid on provocative exhibition
What role does a plumber have in an exhibition about gut health? For self-employed plumber, Jonni Te Waa, she found herself using her tools to help create an artwork for Bankstown Arts Centre’s Gut Waters exhibition.
Jonni, owner of Sydney business Progressive Plumbing and Gas, worked with Melbourne artist Eugenia Lim and microbiologist Lucien Alperstein to create PIPES and on Saturday 6 September at Bankstown Arts Centre, she will talk about her unexpected entry into the world of the arts.
By using different sized pipes and copper, Ms Te Waa said the trio were able to create a unique sculpture which depicts the human gut and sanitation systems that shape our cities and rivers.
“We weren’t sure how it was going to operate until we had it running, but it worked which was great,” Ms Te Waa said.
“Everyone loves it…it was a great opportunity to do something different with my skills and I appreciated Eugenia reaching out. Her and I worked well together, it was a good process.”
At the talk, on this Saturday 6 September from 2pm at the Bankstown Arts Centre, Jonni, Eugenia and Lucien will discuss how their work came to life and the fascinating process of cross-sector collaboration.
The discussion panel is part of a series which has been held alongside the FREE Gut Waters exhibition, which explores the human gut, health and worlds inside and outside our bodies.
Made possible with support from Create NSW, the exhibition opened in July and has attracted visitors from across Sydney and Australia.
Before Gut Waters concludes on Saturday afternoon, community members can also creatively experience the exhibition and think differently about digestion by taking part in an informal drop-in collage and drawing workshop from 11am-1pm.