Joe Ruckli.
Image: Norton Fredericks, Field Samples 2024–25 and Blood test results 2024. Installation view, These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature, The University of Queensland Art Museum, 2025. Photo: Joe Ruckli.

Join us for two programs exploring the ideas behind Norton Fredericks' works Blood Test (2024) and Contaminated (2024–25). These programs are presented in conjunction with the exhibition These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature.

Image: Norton Fredericks, Field Samples 2024–25 and Blood test results 2024. Installation view, These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature, The University of Queensland Art Museum, 2025. Photo: Joe Ruckli.

Entangled Kin: Contaminant Conversations

23 May 2025 12:30pm1:15pm
Join us to hear from leading voices on emerging environmental contaminants: plastics, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), and wastewater. Featuring Dr. Elvis Okoffo, Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), UQ; Associate Professor Leisa-Maree Toms, School of Public Health and Social Work, QUT; and artist Norton Fredericks.
Image: Entangled Kin: Cyanotype Workshop with Norton Fredericks at BLOCK PARTY 2025. Photo: Joe Ruckli.

Entangled Kin: Cyanotype Workshop with Norton Fredericks

23 May 2025 1:00pm3:30pm
Join These Entanglements: Ecology after Nature artist Norton Fredericks for a cyanotype workshop. This workshop will explore the links between ecology, forever chemical and bodies, drawing on Norton's works 'Blood Test' 2024 and 'Contaminated' 2024-25.