‘Push / Pull’ – Nature as Collaborator + Plant Swap
Event description
Join us for an afternoon of artist talks, green-thinking and community connection, exploring how artists collaborate with plants, landscapes and more-than-human worlds.
Shenshen Zheng will share her experiences working with peas (Pisum sativum) in her slow-moving plant performance Peas, Shoots and Leaves. Trudy Tandberg will speak about her work with limestone, saws and soil in Cleaving the Woakwine. Artist and ecologist Amber Cronin joins Stephanie Dodderidge and Danni Zuvela for an open conversation on ecologically engaged art in South Australia. To close the day, Heidi Kenyon will lead a casual discussion (and potential experiment) in guerilla gardening.
We’ll also be hosting a plant swap – bring a cutting and take home something new!
Support
Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) is supported by Create SA and Creative Australia.
Push / Pull is supported by City of Adelaide, and History Trust of South Australia. Shan Michaels is
supported by Arts Queensland.
Special thanks to project partners the South Australian School and Services for the Visually Impaired,
and The Mercury.
Image: Shenshen Zheng (2025), 'Peas, Shoots and Leaves', progress documentation. Photography by Lana Adams.
Image alt text: Sprouted pea shoots growing densely in a shallow white container with visible roots and water below.
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