HARBINGERS: CARE OR CATASTROPHE

A Country Arts SA touring exhibition

1 February - 30 March 2025
Main Gallery & Margaret Scott Gallery

What could our future look like if we prioritise the environment, cultural practices and social wellbeing over profit; and what does it look like if we don’t? In HARBINGERS: Care or Catastrophe, five diverse artists interrogate these questions.

Artists Chris De Rosa (Port Elliot), Lara Tilbrook (Kangaroo Island), Ellen Trevorrow (Meningie/Coorong), Clancy Warner (Sellicks Beach) and Laura Wills (Adelaide) are united by a strong connection to regional South Australia and artistic practices that draw attention to our inherent interconnectedness with the natural world and the complexities of humankind’s influences on our environments.

Their works address issues about systematic (mis)management of natural resources, endemic loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, migration policies, catastrophic fire events and ongoing colonialism. They also signal hope and offer more viable and balanced ways of being and belonging.

Curated by Lauren Mustillo and Fulvia Mantelli.

This exhibition was commissioned by Country Arts SA and developed in collaboration with Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, as part of the SPUR 2022 skills development and commissioning initiative.

Image: Chris De Rosa, Under here my dreams are made of water, 2021, papier-mâché, etching, giclee print, collage, wire, glass beads, sand, studio floor debris, pigment, polymer paint, wire, tape pu foam, spray paint, silk cord, rope. Photo: Rosina Possingham.