This is an online version of the catalogue from an exhibition of the same name, coordinated by Tracey Clement.
JG Ballard's second novel, 'The Drowned World' was written in 1962 during the Cold War, yet it reads like a prescient vision of our current climate crisis. As a bridge between the post-war apocalyptic fears of the recent past and current eschatological anxieties, 'The Drowned World' is a potentially rich source of inspiration for contemporary artists.
In the group exhibition, 'Mapping The Drowned World,' Australian artists Roy Ananda, Jon Cattapan, Tracey Clement, Kate Mitchell, Janet Tavener and Gosia Wlodarczak respond to thought provoking themes and imagery from Ballard’s novel.