Mona Ryder, Say It With Flowers

BOTANICA 2018

Client: Brisbane City Council
Artist & Artwork Title: Various Artists
Photography: Courtesy Brisbane City Council and Artfully

Beth Jackson was employed by Brisbane City Council to curate and co-manage the inaugural Botanica – a major 10-day temporal public art event in the City Botanic Gardens as part of Festival 2018, Commonwealth Games. Beth worked with a small team to deliver the event through an invited EOI process and intensive commission and delivery phases. She acted as primary artist liaison throughout. The resulting commissions included digital projection (video, still and interactive), installation, sculpture, lighting, kinetic artwork, performance, participatory work, artworks for the mobile phone, and living garden design. Beth gave public tours throughout the festival and produced and presented a series of artist forums.

Artists included; Trish Adams, Eleanor and James Avery, Natalie Billing, Priscilla Bracks and Gavin Sade, David Harris, Georgina Humphries, Leah and Duncan King Smith, Man & Wah, Kerrie Poliness, Mona Ryder, Pamela See, Skunk Control, Lisa Sorbie Martin, Unqualified Design Studio, Craig Walsh, and Zana Wright.

Craig Walsh, Monument — Craig Walsh, *Monument*

Eleanor and James, Avery Stile — Eleanor and James Avery, *Stile*

David Harris, Waving Back — David Harris, *Waving Back*

Georgina Humphries, Flourish of Tents — Georgina Humphries, *Flourish of Tents*

Kerrie Poliness, Field Drawing — Kerrie Poliness, *Field Drawing*

Leah and Duncan, King Smith Singing Place — Leah and Duncan, *King Smith Singing Place*

Lisa Sorbie, Martin Garden Memory — Lisa Sorbie, *Martin Garden Memory*

Man Wah, Botanical Cube — Man Wah, *Botanical Cube*

Pamela See, Common Wealth — Pamela See, *Common Wealth*

Natalie Billing, Unearthed — Natalie Billing, *Unearthed*

Skunk Control, Bastions of Light — Skunk Control, *Bastions of Light*

Priscilla Bracks and Gavin Sade, Trophy Specimen — Priscilla Bracks and Gavin Sade, *Trophy Specimen*

Mona Ryder, Say It With Flowers — Mona Ryder, *Say It With Flowers*

Unqualified Design Studio, Star Landing — Unqualified Design Studio, *Star Landing*

Trish Adams, Visit Me Honeybee — Trish Adams, *Visit Me Honeybee*

Zana Wright, Hairy Eyrie — Zana Wright, *Hairy Eyrie*