Spineless utilizes the detritus of modern life to illustrate the impact of plastic on our oceans and sea life.
Turtles, seabirds and other marine animals ingest and become entangled in plastic and nylon based debris. Spineless refers to both the plastic bags mistaken as jellyfish and our lack of resolve to ban their use. The intricate ‘drawn’ marks are based on a magnification of turtle fibrin – the structure that clots blood.
Within the work are lines of text taken from published Australian Government Environmental Policies regarding marine debris and its impact.
The work aims to include the audience and ask the question “where is the pivot point between scientific data about the world and the release point from the resistance of societal inertia to act on this information?”
Spineless was installed at Harbour Sculpture in 2013, joint winner of the Rennie Indoor Sculpture Prize and has also been shown in Leanne’s 2012 solo show ‘Pivot’ at Hazlehurst Regional Gallery, with ‘Living Data’ at Muse Gallery, UTS in 2013 and the 2017 inaugural Bundeena Sustainability Fair.