This Difficult Universe

 
This Difficult Universe Perdita Phillips 2014
This Difficult Universe 2014 mixed media collage inimitables
Artwork © Perdita Phillips Image above photographed by Chris Kershaw wonder
42 x 59.4 cm $2200 (framed)
collage, entomological pins, digital print
Exhibition: 2014 City of Joondalup Community Invitation Art Award 2014 The Great Space, Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City, Joondalup

This difficult universe was paired with This hopeful universe in the 2014 City of Joondalup Community Invitation Art Award: underpants and historical civil defense advice on how to survive a nuclear disaster

This Difficult Universe detail Perdita Phillips 2014

Are we running out of time? My work is about environmental pasts and futures. Currently I am working with the ideas of instability and affirmative anticipation. This Hopeful Universe includes slugs. There is a rent in the fabric of Tony Abbott’s underpants.