The works included in Groundworks explore the potential of drawing and object making as tools to intervene and engage with public space, be it urban or rural. This exhibition comprises of a series of photographs and installations that respond to the moment that space and landscape becomes civilized or altered by people and the points of failure and possibility that ensue.

In the 1970s the average ten-speed bicycle cost around $195. At the time they were considered the ultimate in recreational cycling, but they soon became a product of obsolescence, and are now discarded without a thought. Once kept safely in the shed, or even the house, cleaned and oiled regularly, they now collect cobwebs, or slowly rust away out in the weather. Worse still, many are now buried in landfills all around the world.