Donna-Marie Patterson

A financial bubble is when the price of something is higher than is justified by the “intrinsic value.” It’s a foggy concept but a useful one. Since the 2008 financial crisis talk of bubbles is everywhere, and often misapplied, but the case for a carbon bubble is sound. Likewise crude oil in its’ natural state – bubbles in the ground, harmlessly until it’s extracted and then becomes a primary cause of global pollution.

This body of ‘over-cooked’ works consists entirely of recycled materials (crude oil, tar, gold, wax, clay, timber, perspex) extracted from previous artworks and studio storage, purely to reduce the carbon footprint of the artworks.

Over Cooked, till the Bubble Pops!, is a continuum from the Artists 2019 MFA research of NZ crude oil extracts, presently she is studying toward MApplSci at Lincoln Uni, whilst turning her 100acre Kaimata farmland into an Eco Park.

Hamish Allan

Angst at the Edge of the Pleasure Garden.