MAPS Open Talk/CAST OUT LOUD 2020: Lichen Kelp

Tuesday 31 March 2020
5–6pm

Online: Zoom

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Artists Talk Human/Non-Human Series with Lichen Kelp

Lichen Kelp's practice encompasses performance, photography, sculpture, musical collaboration, curating artist residencies and group shows. Much of her work is situated in the aquatic realm including liquid landscapes, dripping ice sculptures and experimental imbibable fluids. She also conducts marine biocurious excursions to immortal jellyfish blooms, a cuttlefish mating zone, pink algae lakes and seaweed gardens.

Some of her collaborative projects include: Forum of Sensory Motion, which was established in 2014 with her partner Dylan Martorell, is a travelling residency program dedicated to dynamic art forms including music, performance, kinetic sculpture and immersive installation. Forum of Sensory Motion has traveled to Kochi, India, the Greek islands, Whyalla South Australia and co-hosted artists with FLOAT East Gippsland. The emphasis is shifting to Australian based art adventures that will increasingly utilise sustainable transport.

In 2019 she established the Seaweed Appreciation Society international (SASi); a mobile group research lab dedicated to immersive marine algae explorations. Through reading groups, residencies, talk, forages, feasts and field trips, SASi connects marine specialists with artists, creatives and coastal communities for open ended conversations and collaborations. Branching out from SASi, Lichen Kelp and Jessie French began a project titled BioMutualism exploring the possibilities of bioplastic created from algae. They traveled this research based sculptural practice to Morocco for a 6 week residency in January 2020.

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Image: Electronic ikebana by Lichen Kelp for Kelp D performance at MULCH, System Garden 2019