Waste Land: Susie Johnston

using only discarded and unwanted waste materials found at the waste management site of the Binn Group, Shore Road, Perth.

Susie’s work explores the ways in which we find meaning through the use of metaphor. Drawn to the metaphoric qualities which certain they embody, Susie has worked with materials ranging from soap, blu-tack, truck inner tubes, stainless steel ball bearings, exploded objects, oil well pipe casings.

In responding to the Binn Group’s vision of Zero to Landfill by 2021, Susie uses a series of techniques such as mig welding, casting, stitching and building.

This Event is part of the wider Platform 2018 Festival

Platform (24-31 March 2018) is a contemporary art festival celebrating the best of Perth & Kinross’s artists, makers and creative industries.  In this second year, Platform will give you a week of exhibitions, performance, music, talks and workshops to choose from in over 18 venues across Perth & Kinross.

Platform encourages artists and audiences to push their creative boundaries through collaboration, participation and trying something different.