Artist Megan Cope’s installation Untitled (Death Song). Image: Supplied.
Artist Megan Cope's installation Untitled (Death Song). Image: Supplied. Extraction, extinction and post-carbon futures are explored by Australian and international artists in UQ Art Museum 's first group exhibition for 2023, We Are Electric. Curator Anna Briers said the exhibition highlights perspectives and ideas often overlooked in conversations about energy and a future beyond carbon. "Issues like how we extract, produce and use energy are widely discussed, but the conversation often lacks diverse or nuanced perspectives," Ms Briers said. "In this exhibition, many of the artworks call upon First Nations knowledges around care for Country, while others build queer manifestos for a utopian future." Quandamooka artist Megan Cope's Untitled (Death Song) comprises industrial mining equipment repurposed into musical instruments, and will be activated through a series of live performances by UQ's School of Music. Terrella by artist Michaela Gleave, on display for the first time, allows audiences to listen to the Earth's electromagnetic field using live data from geomagnetic monitoring stations.
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