Orlando Mee - CHURNING THE OCEAN - SALA 2025

Next date: Saturday, 09 August 2025 | 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM

SAUERBIER HOUSE  EXHIBITION 

9 August – 20 September 

Lounge Gallery, Hallway Gallery, Wash House

In a speculative future where rising seas have consumed the Earth, the last surviving humans dredge the waters in search of forgotten technological artifacts which might save them. Old computers, electronic toys and junk plastics are assembled as sculpture, video and installation to explore how human desires manifest in the era of the Anthropocene. Accompanying text by Roy Ananda.

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Opening Saturday 9 August 2–4pm

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Please join Orlando to launch Churning the Ocean. A limited bar will be available along with complimentary hospitality.

Artist talk Saturday 23 August  2.30 -3.30 pm

A Mythopoesis of Waste  Examining the connections between family, culture and technology through poetic mythmaking.

 

About Orlando

Orlando Mee is a media artist and independent game developer working on Nharangga land in regional South Australia. His practice engages with academic theories of glitch, remix, chaos, waste, and play, with works spanning video, sculpture, and interactive experiences.

Orlando’s digital works have been exhibited internationally at The Wrong Biennale (2021, 2019), Fringe Arts Bath (2021 and 2020, UK) and Video Art Miden (2020, Greece). He has designed immersive concert visuals for the Australian String Quartet (2022), Seraphim Trio (2021), and other classical ensembles.

https://orlandomee.com

Image: Lokus, 2025, Android tablet, found objects (plastic playset, plastic plant, arcade machine buttons, children’s picture books cut-outs), 34 x 65 x 26 cm. Image courtesy artist.

 

 

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Location

Sauerbier House, 21 Wearing St, Port Noarlunga SA, Australia, 5167, View Map