Friday 2 August - Sunday 18 August 24 hrs

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Squeak + Bubble

Bulbous, pink forms emerge from the granite tors (boulders) of Picnic Bay’s Nobby Headland, dripping down rock faces and slowly pulsing with an internal light source.

Disrupting the picture-perfect vista of Nobby Headland, the fleshy pink soft forms mimic the giant granite tors of the surrounding landscape. Once molten magma, 275 million years ago, the hardened granite has been sculpted by erosion exposing the distinctive round boulders that Yunbenun / Magnetic Island is famous for.

Echoing the molten rock in various stages of formation and entropy, the soft forms sprout between existing rocks and drip down surfaces. Where are they from? Are they popping up like fungi or have they fallen from the sky? Are they merging symbiotically with the landscape or getting ready to colonise it?

The idea that the island is under invasion hints at other unsettling events: introduced non-endemic creatures and plants upsetting the environmental balance; the colonisation of the area by European settlers and disrespect for Traditional Owners – and the literal influx of tourists, from Victorian times to the modern day.

The artists encourage viewers to make their own interpretations and experience the work visually and/or aurally, from the beach or the jetty, or even from a distance as they approach or leave the island by ferry.

Squeak + Bubble are creative collaborators Kit Holloway and Nora Gigney, who create immersive (sculpture and sound) installations that surprise and delight the viewer. Residing on Yunbenun / Magnetic Island, they collect and transform recycled materials into fantastical sculptures that ignite the imagination and disrupt the status quo.

Squeak and Bubble’s installations have featured at arts and music festivals and local galleries where they have delighted a diverse and inclusive audience.