Salacia Rising
2022/23 Burrinja Climate Change Biennale
Burrinja Gallery
3 December - 25 February 2023
Salacia Rising is a visceral response to the precarious beauty of the city of Venice, Italy, and our foreboding that it will be swallowed by the sea.
In Roman mythology, Salacia is the goddess of the sea and saltwater, ruling over the depths of the oceans with Neptune.
Amongst - and contributing to - the mayhem of teeming tourists on the banks of the Grand Canal, a dance for the camera and incidental audience ensues. Gretel Taylor senses qualities of the rising waters and dances an oceanic upwelling, imagining Salacia.