NEW COLONY

New Colony - a public installation playing out an imagined evolutionary scenario. During Radiant Pavilion 2017, a swarm of unidentified insects took up residence on the façade of Workshop 3000. Something like flies, something like krill, little is known about this recently discovered deviant species.

Masters of camouflage in their polluted tidal habitat, with an aptitude for growing an impressive pin-like stinger, these crafty arthropods have fashioned brightly coloured protective body armour from micro plastics and other debris, carefully salvaged from their marine environment.

Like many designers and makers, Liv is deeply concerned with the effects of our material waste upon the oceans ecosystem.

Having spent the last few years combing beaches across Victoria, it was during one of these missions that New Colony began to grow legs.

This body of work continued her experimental approach in transforming common plastic waste into something meaningful.