Image: Claire Bridge, The Water Carriers: Trans-formations, 2024, Kingston Arts Centre, installation view, photo Simon Strong
CLAIRE BRIDGE
The Water Carriers: Trans-formations
Kingston Arts Centre
G2 Gallery
Friday 19 September
to Saturday 1 November 2025
The Water Carriers: Trans-formations explores connections between women, water, and reimagined myths in an exhibition of new sculptural ceramics by Claire Bridge.
Reframing the myth of Daphne, Bridge considers hybridity, adaptation, and queering of human and non-human relationships as strategies for survival and trans-formation. Daphne’s metamorphosis into a laurel tree and escape from Apollo’s relentless pursuit - becomes an act of ecological queerness and biophilic inter-being, challenging extractive, patriarchal narratives.
Women’s bodies, labour, and lives are commodified and disproportionately impacted by climate change and water scarcity. ‘The Water Carriers’ reflects on our environmental relationships and envisions possibilities for ecological renewal.
Kingston Arts Centre
G2 Gallery
979-985 Nepean Hwy
Moorabbin
Opening Hours: 11am – 4pm
Wednesday to Saturday
Public programs
Auslan tour
Saturday October 4th: 10:30 - 10:50am, Auslan tour for Deaf and Auslan users only, by the artist Claire Bridge in Auslan
Artist and Curator talk
Saturday October 4th: 11:00 - 11:50am, Artist and Curator talk, Claire Bridge and Jessica Row in conversation followed by Q and A. For hearing and Deaf audiences. Auslan/English Interpreted event