EXHIBITION TOUR

2024

6th Art and Science International Exhibition,
National Communication Center for Science and Technology, Beijing, China.
Dec 30th, 2023 – Mar 31st, 2024 (COMPLETED)
 
Dogwood Crossing Gallery, Miles, QLD  
23 March – 11 May 2024
 
Warwick Art Gallery, Warwick, QLD 
13 June – 13 July 2024
 
Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD 
11 August – 1 October 2024
 
Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, QLD   
18 Oct – 8 December 2024
 
2025
 
Tablelands Regional Gallery, Atherton, QLD
17 January – 25 February 2025

Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach, QLD 
15 March – 15 June 2025
 
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg, QLD 
18 July – 7 September 2025

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VENUE DOCUMENTATION

2024

Exhibition 1: 6th Art and Science International Exhibition,
National Communication Center for Science and Technology, Beijing, China.
Dec 30th, 2023 – Mar 31st, 2024

Carbon Dating Exhibition Venue 1: 
National Communication Center for Science and Technology, Beijing, China.(Image Courtesy NCST)

The Interweaver, Grass Cards and Project Documentary, 2024 (Image courtesy of ASIE)
The Interweaver, Grass Cards and Project Documentary, 2024 (Image courtesy of ASIE)
The Opening to the Art and Science International Exhibition,
National Communication Center for Science and Technology, Beijing, China (Image courtesy of ASIE)

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Exhibition 2: Dogwood Crossing, Miles, QLD  
23 March – 11 May 2024 

Carbon Dating Exhibition Venue 2: 
The John Mullins memorial Gallery at Dogwood Crossing (Image Courtesy Dogwood Crossing)

Delissa Walker Ngadijina, The Native Fence 2023, Native bamboo 'Neololeba atra'; native grasses: black spear, top scented, and barbed wire, raffia (Image Andrea Higgins)

The entry to Carbon_Dating, Dogwood Crossing Gallery, Miles, 2024 (Image Keith Armstrong)

Artist/Care for Country Labels, Carbon_Dating, Dogwood Crossing Gallery, Miles, 2024 (Image Keith Armstrong)

Andrea Higgins, Grass and Glass Series 2023, Digital photographs on Hahnemuhle cotton paper (Image Andrea Higgins)

donna davis, Interwoven 2023-2024, Video Installation: 3 channel video, TV screens, digital prints onto recycled stretch micro-fibre fabric, foam, sound. Sound design by Luke Lickfold. (Image Andrea Higgins)

Hilary Coulter, POV (point of view) 2023 Cotton embroidery on tulle, wooden hoops, magnets, wooden board (Image Andrea Higgins)

Jason Murphy and Pipier Weller, Grass Care Package 2023, Printed fabric tote bags (2 designs)
with cyanotype printed postcards (6 designs) (Image Andrea Higgins)

Keith Armstrong, Grassland Community of Care/(More Than Human Persons) 2023, 4k video, 20-minute animation, stereo audio edited by Keith Armstrong from Carbon_Dating Interweaver's algorithmically-composed sound track, created by Luke Lickfold (Image Keith Armstrong)

Kilagi Nielsen, Fascinator 2023 Wearable art accessory Woven natural grown and harvested kangaroo grass and Lomandra from Kabi Kabi Country (Image Andrea Higgins)
Liz Capelin, Held 2023, Ceramic, imprinted with seed heads from kangaroo grass ('Themeda triandra'), barbed wire grass ('Cymbopogon refractus'), and scented top grass ('Capillipedium spicigerum') ( (Image Andrea Higgins)
Sasha Parlett and Red Handed Productions, Carbon_Dating; Sunshine Coast 2023
Documentary format digital video, 7 min 58 sec, Music composed by Graham Moes. Supported by Third Nature Projects
(Image Andrea Higgins)
Melisa Stannard, dhunbarr warranggal garrar 2023, Warranggal (strong powerful), garaarr (grass), dhunbarr garrar (grass seed) - Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay language, Cyanotype on cotton fabric, mirrors + lost wax carved and cast pendants of recycled sterling silver with patina (Image Andrea Higgins)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023, Handmade garment incorporating native grass seed heads and stalks, Digital video, 16 min 29 sec, sound – Lawrence English, videography – Ellamay Fitzgerald, Digital photographs printed on cotton rag, photography – Ellamay Fitzgerald (Image Andrea Higgins)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023, Digital photographs printed on cotton rag,
photography – Ellamay Fitzgerald (Image Keith Armstrong)
Mia Hacker and Kilagi Nielsen, Tinwalliwah – Walli Mountain, Environmental Growing conditions Observations, 2023
Cold pressed vintage paper with natural earth pigments and hand harvested water, 150 x 180 x 6cm. (Image Keith Armstrong)
Sharron Colley, The Nest 2024, Installation - repurposed barbed wire and native grasses harvested from a growing mound planted in October 2022, on timber post. (Image Keith Armstrong)

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Exhibition 3: Warwick Art Gallery, Warwick, QLD  
13 June – 13 July 2024 

Warwick Art Gallery, Warwick, QLD, July 2024  (Image Keith Armstrong)
Artist/Care for Country Labels at gallery entrance, 2024 (Image Keith Armstrong)

Opening to gallery view, with Beth Jackson (exhibition curator) and artists Keith Armstrong and donna davis
July 2024  (Image courtesy WAG)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023, Digital photographs printed on cotton rag,
photography – Ellamay Fitzgerald  (Image donna davis)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023, Digital photographs printed on cotton rag,
photography – Ellamay Fitzgerald  (Image Keith Armstrong)
Hilary Coulter, POV (point of view) 2023 Cotton embroidery on tulle, wooden hoops, magnets, wooden board
+ Andrea Higgins, Grass and Glass Series 2023, Digital photographs on Hahnemuhle cotton paper (Image donna davis)
Beth Jackson (exhibition curator) swapping hoops, Hilary Coulter, POV (point of view) 2023 Cotton embroidery on tulle,
wooden hoops, magnets, wooden board (Image Keith Armstrong)
Andrea Higgins, Grass and Glass Series 2023, Digital photographs on Hahnemuhle cotton paper (Image Keith Armstrong)
donna davis, Interwoven 2023-2024, Video Installation: 3 channel video, TV screens, digital prints onto recycled stretch micro-fibre fabric, foam, sound. Sound design by Luke Lickfold (Image donna davis)
donna davis, Personal Interweaver [Detail], Carbon_Dating Project Team, 2022, mixed media interactive sculpture: video, audio,  grass card provocations, timber, glass, acrylic, mirror, digital frame, pen, grass seed.
Video and tech design by Keith Armstrong, sound design by Luke Lickfold, Grass Card provocations by Daniele Constance, object design and construction by donna davis. (Image Keith Armstrong)
Kilagi Nielsen, Fascinator 2023 Wearable art accessory Woven natural grown and harvested kangaroo grass
and Lomandra from Kabi Kabi Country (Image donna davis)
Mia Hacker, Whispers on the Wind 2023, Cold pressed vintage paper with natural earth pigments
and hand harvested water (Image Keith Armstrong)
Mia Hacker and Kilagi Nielsen, Tinwalliwah – Walli Mountain, Environmental Growing conditions Observations, 2023
Cold pressed vintage paper with natural earth pigments and hand harvested water, 150 x 180 x 6cm. (Image Keith Armstrong)
Artist/Care for Country Labels and project documentary by Keith Armstrong, 2023
 (Image donna davis)
Jason Murphy and Pipier Weller, Grass Care Package 2023, Printed fabric tote bags (2 designs)
with cyanotype printed postcards (6 designs) (Image Keith Armstrong)
Jason Murphy and Pipier Weller, Grass Care Package 2023, fundraising sale label (Image Keith Armstrong)
Sales cabinet at main desk for Jason Murphy and Pipier Weller, Grass Care Package 2023,
fundraising sale campaign (Image Keith Armstrong)
Delissa Walker Ngadijina, The Native Fence 2023, Native bamboo 'Neololeba atra'; native grasses:
black spear, top scented, and barbed wire, raffia
+ Melissa Stannard, dhunbarr warranggal garrar 2023, Warranggal (strong powerful), garaarr (grass), dhunbarr garrar (grass seed)
- Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay language, Cyanotype on cotton fabric, mirrors + lost wax carved and cast pendants of recycled sterling silver with patina (Image donna davis)
Sasha Parlett (Red Handed Productions), 2023.Sunshine Coast Team Video documentary, 7:58min. (Image Keith Armstrong)
Delissa Walker Ngadijina, The Native Fence 2023, Native bamboo 'Neololeba atra'; native grasses:
black spear, top scented, and barbed wire, raffia (Image Keith Armstrong)
Keith Armstrong, Grassland Community of Care/(More Than Human Persons) 2023, 4k video, 20-minute animation,
stereo audio edited by Keith Armstrong from Carbon_Dating Interweaver's algorithmically-composed sound track,
created by Luke Lickfold (Image donna davis)
Liz Capelin, Held 2023, Ceramic, imprinted with seed heads from kangaroo grass ('Themeda triandra'), barbed wire grass ('Cymbopogon refractus'), and scented top grass ('Capillipedium spicigerum') (Image donna davis)

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Exhibition 4: Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD 
11 August – 1 October 2024  

Redland Art Gallery Entrance, August 2024 (Image Keith Armstrong)
Redland Art Gallery Entrance Sign, August 2024 (Image Keith Armstrong)
Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024,
+ Delissa Walker Ngadijina, The Native Fence 2023, Native bamboo 'Neololeba atra'; native grasses:
black spear, top scented, and barbed wire, raffia (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024. (Image: Louis Lim)
Poem, Uncle Brian Warner, Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland Art Gallery,
Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024. (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon_Dating exhibition opening at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024
Hilary Coulter, POV (point of view) 2023 (Image: Louis Lim)
Liz Capelin, Held 2023, Ceramic, imprinted with seed heads from kangaroo grass ('Themeda triandra'), barbed wire grass ('Cymbopogon refractus'), and scented top grass ('Capillipedium spicigerum') (Image Louis Lim)
Carbon_Dating exhibition opening at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024,
discussing Interwoven by donna davis, 2023-2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023, Handmade garment incorporating native grass seed heads and stalks, Digital video, 16 min 29 sec, sound – Lawrence English, videography – Ellamay Fitzgerald, Digital photographs printed on cotton rag, photography – Ellamay Fitzgerald, Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023 (rear) and donna davis, Interwoven 2023-2024 (foreground),
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023, Handmade garment incorporating native grass seed heads and stalks, Digital video, 16 min 29 sec, sound – Lawrence English, videography – Ellamay Fitzgerald, Digital photographs printed on cotton rag, photography – Ellamay Fitzgerald, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Merinda Davies, Sewing the Seeds 2023, Handmade garment incorporating native grass seed heads and stalks, Digital video, 16 min 29 sec, sound – Lawrence English, videography – Ellamay Fitzgerald, Digital photographs printed on cotton rag, photography – Ellamay Fitzgerald, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Keith Armstrong, Grassland Community of Care/(More Than Human Persons) 2023, 4k video, 20-minute animation, stereo audio edited by Keith Armstrong from Carbon_Dating Interweaver's algorithmically-composed sound track, created by Luke Lickfold, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
donna davis, Personal Interweaver [Detail], Carbon_Dating Project Team, 2022, mixed media interactive sculpture: video, audio,  grass card provocations, timber, glass, acrylic, mirror, digital frame, pen, grass seed.
Video and tech design by Keith Armstrong, sound design by Luke Lickfold, Grass Card provocations by Daniele Constance, object design and construction by donna davis. Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
donna davis, Personal Interweaver [Detail], Carbon_Dating Project Team, 2022, mixed media interactive sculpture: video, audio,  grass card provocations, timber, glass, acrylic, mirror, digital frame, pen, grass seed.
Video and tech design by Keith Armstrong, sound design by Luke Lickfold, Grass Card provocations by Daniele Constance, object design and construction by donna davis. Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Details of each 2023 'Grassland Community of Care' site & respective First Nations Country names,
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Keith Armstrong, Project Documentary, 2023, HD video, 20-mins
Jason Murphy and Pipier Weller, Grass Care Package 2023, Printed fabric tote bags (2 designs)
with cyanotype printed postcards (6 designs),
Education room at Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Jason Murphy and Pipier Weller, Grass Care Package 2023, Printed fabric tote bags (2 designs)
with cyanotype printed postcards (6 designs),
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Education room at Redland AG, library books and touch table, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Education room at Redland AG, touch table with work by Melissa Stannard,
Pipier Weller, Keith Armstrong and Kilagi Nielsen, plus kangaroo grass, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Melissa Stannard, dhunbarr warranggal garrar 2023 (detail), Warranggal (strong powerful), garaarr (grass), dhunbarr garrar (grass seed) - Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay language, Cyanotype on cotton fabric, mirrors + lost wax carved and cast pendants of recycled sterling silver with patina, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Melissa Stannard, dhunbarr warranggal garrar 2023 (details), Warranggal (strong powerful), garaarr (grass), dhunbarr garrar (grass seed) - Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay language, Cyanotype on cotton fabric, mirrors + lost wax carved and cast pendants of recycled sterling silver with patina, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Melissa Stannard, dhunbarr warranggal garrar 2023 (detail), Warranggal (strong powerful), garaarr (grass), dhunbarr garrar (grass seed) - Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay language, Cyanotype on cotton fabric, mirrors + lost wax carved and cast pendants of recycled sterling silver with patina, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Melissa Stannard, dhunbarr warranggal garrar 2023 (detail), Warranggal (strong powerful), garaarr (grass), dhunbarr garrar (grass seed) - Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay language, Cyanotype on cotton fabric, mirrors + lost wax carved and cast pendants of recycled sterling silver with patina, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Hilary Coulter, POV (point of view) 2023 Cotton embroidery on tulle, wooden hoops, magnets, wooden board,
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Sasha Parlett and Red Handed Productions, Carbon_Dating; Sunshine Coast 2023,
Documentary format digital video, 7 min 58 sec, Music composed by Graham Moes. Supported by Third Nature Projects (front) +
 Hilary Coulter, POV (point of view) 2023 Cotton embroidery on tulle, wooden hoops, magnets, wooden board,
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (rear) (Image: Louis Lim)
Sasha Parlett and Red Handed Productions, Carbon_Dating; Sunshine Coast 2023,
Melissa Stannard, dhunbarr warranggal garrar 2023,
Poem, Uncle Brian Warner, Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Andrea Higgins, Grass and Glass Series 2023, Digital photographs on Hahnemuhle cotton paper,
Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Kilagi Nielsen, Baele, 2023.Series of 16 eco-dyed paper works, using harvested and boiled seedheads,
8 parts 14.8 x 21 x .2cm8 parts 14.8 x 10.5 x .2cm. Small variations in size of paper
Carbon_Dating exhibition at Redland Art Gallery, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Grass scientist keynote, Opening night 18/8/24,
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon Dating team (Keith Armstrong, donna davis & Andrea Higgins) with Keryanne Farrer (Redland AG director
& keynote speaker/grass scientist Dr. Melody Fabillo, opening night 9/8/24, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon Dating artist donna davis discusses her work, Opening night 9/8/24,
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon Dating opening night, 9/8/24, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon Dating opening night, 9/8/24, Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Louis Lim)
Carbon Dating curators talk, Jo-Anne Driessens and Beth Jackson,18/8/24,
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024 (Image: Keith Armstrong)
Carbon Dating curators talk, Jo-Anne Driessens and Beth Jackson,18/8/24,
Redland AG, Aug-Sept 2024, Video Still (Image: Keith Armstrong)

About Us

Carbon_Dating is an experimental artwork designed to seed ‘consensual’ partnerships between Australian native grasses and humans, based upon their shared need to breathe each other’s ‘exhaled’ air.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the many lands on which we live, work and create, including our collaborators on Yirrganydji, Barunggam, Jagera/Yuggera, Turbal, Ugarapul, Jinibara, Kabi Kabi and Kombumerri Country. We acknowledge their ongoing connection and custodianship for Country. We pay our deep respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We recognise First Nations people as the first artists and scientists. Always was, always will be.

The 2024-5 Carbon_Dating exhibition tour is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts QueenslandAssisted by QUT School of Creative Arts, International Art Services (IAS), Native Seeds Pty Ltd, Artfully, and Embodied Media.Between 2019-23 this project was assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

It was also supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government: Cairns Regional Council; Western Downs Regional Council; City of Gold Coast Council; Somerset Regional Council; and ArtsCoast as part of Sunshine Coast Council’s RADF program to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Thanks also to QUT (School of Creative Arts, QUT Office of eResearch and Samford Ecological Research Facility). NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns; Dogwood Crossing Gallery, Miles; HOTA, Gold Coast; The Condensery, Toogooloowah; Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra; Native Seeds Pty Ltd and ReBul Packaging.

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