Naturae Vitibus 

Tim Gruchy

Illuminate Adelaide

2021

       

 

Nature and its tenuous relationship with humanity has long been an ongoing theme of exploration in one strand of my practice. This has manifest in a variety of formats and on a number of occasions has involved conceptual site-specific projections onto trees themselves. I continue to variously explore the disparate timeframes between human perception and the natural cycles of unseen energies within the plant word. The human socio-political or cultural view of nature often forgets how nature is constantly observing and responding to our behaviour and actions in ways that may imperceptibly slow but nonetheless powerful. Also I am exploring the notion of hidden states of life and life forces within the natural world that may remain unseen or glimpsed only fleetingly by humanity. In this new work Naturae Vitibus (Nature Forces), 2021, I am attempting to coalesce these ideas. Utilising a site specific 360 degree, 3D mapped projection with sound, one of the majestic Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig) trees on North Terrace is given a different manifestation of life for the audience. The dynamic, high colour looping work explores notions of the temporal and ancient timescales, and how we perceive time in relation to nature. In playful ways it portrays the complexities and layering of growth cycles in nature, highlights the invisible underlying energies, elements and forces involved, and sets up a relationship with the audience of seeing, listening to, and taking time with nature anew..

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