The use of mechanised physical forces evolved at the Intertidal Machines exhibition at Stacks Projects, October 2018. The use of mechanised physical forces embeds a timescale within the works, with the unpredictable, random action created by movement meaning a limited lifespan.
​      Here the works in the exhibition begin to interconnect using shared materiality — water, porcelain, wire, batteries, steel, silicon tubing, motors, timber, graphite and paper — with video and sounds of the moving of water in Intertidal Aquarium, projected over ceramic objects, derived from Intertidal Totems.
     In Intertidal Rockpool (see image above) sound created by the movement of other works is fed back to Intertidal Rockpool using contact microphones and speakers. 

This means that the works can be further interconnected through sound and vibration as well as shared materiality within a shared space. 
     Intertidal works embrace meticulous crafting of collections of functional colonial vessels, drawn from early Australian colonial history, and natural forms of the beach.
     The bleached white materiality and shell-like brittleness of unglazed porcelain links the works and represents the whiteness of Western culture with its ability to bleach indigenous cultures and landscapes.
     Significantly, unglazed white porcelain has a strong reference to recent coral bleaching events globally and more locally in the northern parts of The Great Barrier Reef over the past five years.