Art exhibition: Slow Hope - Greta Cooper
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Where: Mechanics Institute, 13 Page Street, Moruya
Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday, 10am – 3pm
Cost: free
Slow Hope is a site-specific installation and audio tour created by emerging artist Greta Cooper, that explores ecological grief in the aftermath of the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires.
In this work, viewers are invited to listen to audio recordings of a spoken narrative that shares memories of my experience of living in Moruya during that time. These stories inform my sensory interventions; each station is deliberately chosen to create spaces for quiet reflection and contemplation on the anxieties surrounding the climate crisis. I hope to create conversations and allow space for thinking and reflection, without adding any more stress and pressure on the listener.
The term 'Slow Hope' comes from Christof Mauch’s 2019 essay that argues how hopeful narratives can shift our thinking to allow for creativity and purpose instead of feeling paralysed without downplaying the magnitude of climate change.
Grab your earphones and be prepared to enter a sensorial world memorialising the Black Summer bushfires.
Public programs
As part of the exhibition program, the artist will be running the following events:
- Exhibition opening: Saturday 10 May, 2.30pm
- Artist talk: Saturday 24 May 2025, 10.30am
More information
For more information about the exhibition contact the artist:
- E: Greta Cooper
- IG: Greta Cooper instagram
- W: Revisit Greta's 2022 exhibition at the Mechanics Institute
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