Taylah Hasaballah, “DIG,” at -33.885818, 151.198639, Sydney.

“DIG” by Taylah Hasaballah, at -33.885818, 151.198639, Sydney, 12.20.24 – 12.28.24.

Exhibition Text:

DIG consists of nine entropic paintings presented during their primordial metamorphic phase. Metals, pigments, acids and salts are combined together, terraforming the canvas in a complex chain of reactions. Non-human actions form the paintings; misting, eroding, pooling and streaming. They gradually shift and fragment as the chaotic systems seek equilibrium with their environment. Throughout the duration of the installation, the surface reactions eventually give way to inertia and time solidifies. The history of their evolution depicted in residue. Presented alongside these works is Heat Loss (Excerpts), a digital installation made in collaboration with digital artist Tristan Jensen with sound by Red Silk. Time-lapse footage of the paintings’ evolution brings to light the metamorphosis of the works in microscopic detail, condensing days of reactions into a window of entropic exchange.