21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement

15.03.2018 — 10.06.2018

Cockatoo Island

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement

Yasmin Smith's Drowned River Valley for the 21st Biennale of Sydney was generously supported by Karina Harris and Neil Hobbs, Merran Morrison and the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body.

Artist

Curator

Mami Kataoka

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation detail in Wood Drying Room (Room 19, Cockatoo Island, Sydney) showing branches: midfired slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze; sleepers: Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation detail in Wood Drying Room (Room 19, Cockatoo Island, Sydney) showing branches: midfired slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze; sleepers: Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — process detail of Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018 showing solar evaporated salt sourced from Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

Zoom in — process detail of Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018 showing solar evaporated salt sourced from Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation detail in Wood Drying Room (Room 19, Cockatoo Island, Sydney) showing branches: midfired slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation detail in Wood Drying Room (Room 19, Cockatoo Island, Sydney) showing branches: midfired slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation detail in Wood Drying Room (Room 19, Cockatoo Island, Sydney) showing sleepers: Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation detail in Wood Drying Room (Room 19, Cockatoo Island, Sydney) showing sleepers: Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, work site in process, Day 1 – 13/03/18, Cockatoo Island, Sydney

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, work site in process, Day 1 – 13/03/18, Cockatoo Island, Sydney

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing salt kiln on Cockatoo Island, Sydney work site

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing salt kiln on Cockatoo Island, Sydney work site

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, work site in process, week 1, Cockatoo Island, Sydney

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, work site in process, week 1, Cockatoo Island, Sydney

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, work site in process, week 1, Cockatoo Island, Sydney

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, work site in process, week 1, Cockatoo Island, Sydney

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — process detail of Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018 showing solar evaporated salt sourced from Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

Zoom in — process detail of Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018 showing solar evaporated salt sourced from Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing salt kiln on Cockatoo Island, Sydney work site

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing salt kiln on Cockatoo Island, Sydney work site

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing salt kiln on Cockatoo Island, Sydney work site

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing salt kiln on Cockatoo Island, Sydney work site

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — process detail of Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

Zoom in — process detail of Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018, installation view showing Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay on salt furnace

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2018

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - midfire slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze (glaze detail)

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - midfire slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze (glaze detail)

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — midfire slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze

Zoom in — midfire slip with Parramatta River Mangrove wood-ash glaze

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - midfire slip with Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze (glaze detail)

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - midfire slip with Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze (glaze detail)

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - midfire slip with Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze (glaze detail)

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - midfire slip with Cockatoo Island Turpentine wood-ash glaze (glaze detail)

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay (glaze detail)

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay (glaze detail)

21st Biennale of Sydney SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay (glaze detail)

Zoom in — Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley - Sydney Harbour salt glaze and Barangaroo sandstone clay (glaze detail)

Artworks

Yasmin Smith, Drowned River Valley, 2016