Contaminated: Site 3
Curated by Wesley Shaw
Everyday, temporary exhibition
Level 1, First Nations Project Space
Free Entry
5th June - 16th August 2026
Forever Chemicals were first created 90 years ago. These chemicals biomagnify and bioaccumulate in the human body and in the environment. We are all contaminated.
Contaminated: Site 3 is an exploration between materials and processes responding to sites that are highly contaminated with the environmental toxins: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAFs), otherwise known as 'Forever Chemicals'. Fredericks begins work by visiting sites and collecting contaminated samples of water, soil and plants using the Australian Map of PFAS as a guide so far across New South Wales and Queensland.
This work is the intersection between science and art examining the impact of these pervasive chemicals on our waterways, land, and body systems. Contaminated: Site 3 explores the chemical reactions that are created by site-specific variables and has been shown at Outer Space and the University of Queensland.
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La Perouse Headland, front of Museum
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naggangbi
Hello/Greetings.
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guriwaldha
We are here at La Perouse.
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ngalamanjang nhay
This country belongs
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gamaygalgulli
to the Aboriginal people
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nguranung
of Botany Bay.