The force that through the green fuse drives the flower is an ambitious exhibition project that sets out to re-create the abundant and biodiverse natural ecosystems of the Noosa region – inside Noosa Regional Gallery – while also exploring how humans interact with and coexist with this space. Taking its title from the Dylan Thomas poem of the same name, the exhibition sets out to consider and convey the interconnectedness of nature and humankind, the energy and force that flows through each and the cycle of life and destruction that makes it wondrous and sublime.

“Sarah Rayner’s meticulously crafted ceramic seed pods recall Beetson’s bunya nuts, however with a focus on the future more so than the past. Rayners objects give us imagined hybrids as opposed to true reproductions. The mesmerising collection are wall mounted, tracing their way around the gallery like lines of text or code that hold the secret to how all of this stuff fits together.”

Catalogue exert by Michael Brennan. Curated by Michael Brennan, Gallery Director.

Photography: Carl Warner.