Shelley Watters
COMPOST IS SO HOT
Marrickville-based artist Shelley Watters explores compost (ing) as an artistic practice and methodology in COMPOST IS SO HOT, a new body of work spanning photo media, textiles, sculpture, and sound art, inspired by the concept of sympoiesis or “making with” coined by multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway. The 8 compost bins at her children’s school in Sydney’s Inner West are the heart of the edible garden and her practice. Her passion for compost stems from its power to transform, to evoke wonder and awe, and the potential it holds to generate energy, capture carbon, and create fertiliser.
