MASS artist talks - Brigitta Summers in conversation with Daniel Press

For MASS, Briggita Summers explores the construction of parkland environments through the axes of fig trees planted in Hyde Park, Sydney Park, and the parklands surrounding Curl Curl. These triangulations between sites look at the multiplication of planted trees. Summers depicts these through the angular layers of a CMYK print and rice paper mould imprints on trees. They follow Summers' preoccupation with "talking with trees" exploring alternative relations between human and non-human entities that emphasise dialogic and reciprocal entanglement with the world.
Water is a dominant theme that flows through the exhibition. Each artist responds to the coastal suburb of Curl Curl; from the waterway that stretches from Greendale Creek downstream towards Curl Curl Lagoon and the ocean. Each artist has a shared research background centred on the artist’s bond to the environment. MASS responds to the sheer density of our climate crisis.
Artists: Penny Coss, Kristy Gordon, Joyce Lubotzky, Emma Pinsent, Chrystal Rimmer, Brigitta Summers, Sarah Yaacoub, and Mei Zhao.
Daniel Press was awarded the 2024 Northern Beaches Emerging Curator to develop MASS. MASS exhibited at Curl Curl Creative Space from September 18 to September 28, 2024.