Tineke Van der Eecken: Tributaries

Tributaries explores the fibres of flora, fauna, and human systems. 

It includes jewellery, small fine metal sculptures, and objects formed by corrosion casting, a process by which resin is injected into animal organs and other biological systems to form moulds of internal spaces.

These objects are placed in dialogue with photographic images and poetry that document the thrum of life and death in environmental arterial systems, connecting root, river, skeleton, and vein.

Tributaries is both a contemporary memento mori and a reminder of the constantly changing states of all organic matter, including our own bodies – a testament to the interconnection of human, animal and environment.

Artist: Tineke Van der Eecken

An ART ON THE MOVE touring exhibition
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This project has been made possible through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost managed by the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, supported by Royalties for Regions and delivered by ART ON THE MOVE.

Image: Dr Christopher Casteleyn and Dr Sofie Muylle; and Tineke Van der Eecken, 'Regeneration', 2021. Photography by Duncan Wright.