4 October 2024 10:00am 
Stoddart Cottage, Diamond Harbour 
Laura Donkers’ exhibition of sound and printed works interweaves human-nature field recordings to critique historical genealogies and dense connotative webs contained in tender 18th century English song lyrics.
The works signify the silencing/dismantling of nature’s platform to accentuate the ecosocial and transgenerational impacts of deforestation: the act of re-placing native forests with new colonies of European settlers from the 1900s onwards.
To share the collective joy of singing, the exhibition also encompasses a series of community singing workshops in Diamond Harbour during the first two weeks of the exhibition led by Mezzo-soprano Claudia Evans with Bach Musica NZ. The workshops will take place over the first two weeks of October, with beginners and experienced singers welcome. Those who are interested can contact laura@limenlab.org
Laura Donkers is a Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based socially engaged ecological artist, curator and independent researcher. Her multi-faceted practice engages with liminal spaces such as coastlines, salt marshes and woodlands, and the people who live and work in these places. Artworks take the form of drawings, film poems, digital recordings and public interventions that seek to engage, create impact and inspire action on ecological regeneration.
The exhibition runs 4 – 27 October 2024 at Stoddart Cottage.