Join us at AGSA’s First Fridays for the launch of Crosscurrents, a major collaborative project that explores South Australia’s coastal and marine environments through art, research, and storytelling.
Presented as part of Nature Festival’s 2025 theme of FLOW, this panel discussion brings together artists and curators to reflect on the processes behind the works featured in the exhibition and the newly released publication.
As part of Nature Festival 2025, the Art Gallery of South Australia presents a series of events responding to this year’s theme, FLOW. Embracing the multiple meanings of flow—from the movement of water across Country to the rhythms of creative process and the passing of knowledge through generations—these programs invite audiences to engage with works from AGSA’s collection through the lens of ecological and cultural interconnection. Featuring artist talks, performances, and cross-disciplinary discussions, the series reflects on the impermanence and resilience that define both the natural world and human experience.
Cross Currents Book Launch
From reimagined cultural practices and encounters with marine ecologies to the everyday rituals of walking, swimming, and observing the shifting edges of land and sea, Crosscurrents charts the many layers of life along South Australia’s coast.
Following their exhibition under the same title at FUMA, this panel of artists will share insights into how these works were created, the research and fieldwork that informed them, and how the book contextualises them within wider ecological and cultural narratives beyond the exhibition.
Hear from artists Chris De Rosa, Honor Freeman, Michael Kutschbach, Mary-Jean Richardson, and curator-author Belinda Howden in the Radford Auditorium, and experience a conversation that brings the tidal complexity of our coastal worlds into focus.
