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Samuel Beilby

Quick Response Artist-in-Residence

Quick Response Artist-in-Residence

Probed Depths/Rich Yields explores a complex history of fossil fuel and energy extractionin Samuel Beilby’s family hometown. Drawing from the archives of the State Library of Western Australia and the Coalfields Museum and Historical Research Centre, Beilby will explore the tensions between mining as a cornerstone of working-classidentity, its ecological impact and the nuanced legacy of the energy sector in regional towns. 

About the artist

Samuel Beilby is an artist, educator and arts worker based in Boorloo. He is interested in processes of extraction, noise, materialism and labour within industrial and ecological systems. His practice often combines historical/theoretical research with new-media tools, amplification and diagramatics to produce speculative outcomes that explore the underlying turbulence and paranoia that spills out from the mechanics of these systems.

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PICA’s Studio Program is supported by PICA’s Art Ambassadors.