Sammy Hawker
About the work
This work is inspired by the limestone core samples taken during a recent geotechnical survey at Molonglo’s Dairy Road Precinct. These samples taken between 38 – 60m below the ground are filled with evocative fossils revealing the site’s early beginnings as a coral reef. It’s a beautiful concept to imagine the resonance of an ocean that once existed beneath our feet. Responding to this concept, the four bridge columns under Parkes Way have been transformed into ‘core samples’ of similar resonances that exist within the concrete city around us. The ghost maps of ancient creeks commonly mistaken for storm-water drains, the underground mycelium network that supports life above the ground and the marks made by the moth-larvae hiding within the Scribbly Gum eucalypts of O’Connor Ridge.
Images
About the artist
- Ocean Resonance
- 2022
- Installation