UNLEASH your imagination by stepping into an engaging and locally inspired art “installation environment” at Shepparton Art Museum (SAM).
Liquidarium is a new art commission by Vera Möller that combines collage and sculpture to create a fantastical freshwater landscape inspired by the vibrant ecology found on SAM’s doorstep and in surrounding Goulburn Valley wetlands.
“The Liquidarium environment is a complete 3D fantasy world, but it is reminiscent of the diorama you would typically find in Natural History Museums,” said SAM exhibitions curator, Jessica O’Farrell.
“This exhibition encourages children and adults alike to be curious, triggers our imagination of what lives in a natural ecosystem and prompts us venture into the freshwater environments that lay just outside SAM.”
The young and young at heart are invited to experience a wetland from the imagined perspective of a small frog, living amongst exaggerated plant forms that have been dramatically increased in size.
The whole community may contribute to the exhibition, with monthly hands-on workshops being conducted in the Children’s Gallery until October where attendees may create their own Liquidarium-inspired flora and fauna display.
Sessions run 11am to 3pm, with one session each month until October on Thursdays August 11, September 22, and the final session will run Saturday, October 1.
The workshops are free, and no bookings are necessary. All materials are supplied by SAM.
