Blue Streak Series - previously shown at Sight for All, Adelaide, SA, 2019 and more made for several other venues since. This series continues.....
The pod casings from the Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) generally point downward, releasing their seed toward the earth to germinate. These pods, mounted on metal plinths remind me of the experimental rockets projected from the Woomera Rocket Range in the 1950s. They point to the heavens, speaking of aerodynamics, in search for the continuance of human life in the cosmos. In view of our history in caring for this planet are we already on the path to creating more destruction to other worlds?
Detail of pigment colour on the inner wall of the pods.