This work has been kindly donated by the artist

Amy Rusch creates works 🅺by stitching together layers of found plastic bags, conceptually and materially bringing together different time periods and aspects of South Africa’s contemporary and historic cultures. Her current body of work is specifically informed by ocean crossings, archaeological excavations and microscopic studies of the living world. The works may be seen as mappings of lived-body experiences, becoming multi-sensory combinations of sound, vibration, line and colour. The artist finds a unique rhythm in the way that she works with her materials. The resultant pieces provide a retrospectiv🍰e link to the embodied experience transmuted through her creative process.

Seeing with a Listening Ear and a Question of Time (2022) is a transmutation of time spent on a koppie (small mountain) in South Africa’s Northern Cape province: a place abundant with rock engravi🌳ngs and archaeological material. Rusch’s time in this region was marked by the end of a seven-year drought - rain transforming ⛦the natural environment. The inspiration for this particular work speaks to a shared experience embedded in our collective memory – dry earth, responding to water and the resultant life-force reshaping a landscape.