The Edge Screens: The Delicious Paradox

Carrie Radzevicius (she/her), a dual American and Australian artist residing in Magandjin (Brisbane), brings a unique multidisciplinary approach to her creative practice, which examines the intersection between art, ecology and systems. As a local artist who frequently engages with The Edge, Carrie’s work reflects her passion for community involvement, inclusivity, and accessible artistic expression.

With expertise spanning moving image, stop-motion, expanded drawing, and sound, alongside an interest in ecology, systems thinking, and collaborative processes, Carrie’s art reimagines the value of everyday objects and materials. Her experimental practice offers audiences a chance to appreciate the beauty and complexity of the world around them.

This February and March you can view Carrie Radzevicius' work The Delicious Paradox on the Edge Screens. The work showcases a collection of stills and moving image from her digital practice that explores the links between resilience systems and contemporary practice.  These works are based on the research by Buzz Holling and Lance Gunderson who describe resilience as a dynamic and paradoxical process—one that achieves stability not through permanence, but through continual change, adaptation and responsiveness.  They offer the idea of resilience as a ‘delicious paradox’ (2002).

These works are based on the research by Buzz Holling and Lance Gunderson who describe resilience as a dynamic and paradoxical process—one that achieves stability not through permanence, but through continual change, adaptation and responsiveness.  They offer the idea of resilience as a ‘delicious paradox’ (2002).

Each screen shares a separate body of work, each positioning resilience as a four-stage process (construction, stability, deconstruction and reorganisation) where everyday household objects and sounds form, deconstruct and adapt in a continuous cycle. Lively Matter (2022) was the prototype for this process, where 120 assemblages unfold across 24 cycles, accompanied by a dense soundscape of over 160 foraged sounds drawn from home and work environments. 

Delicious Paradox extends this exploration into an interactive six-channel film and sound installation that responds to the presence of the viewer, creating a multi-sensory, interactive and continuously shifting environment. The collection of collaborative community works, created on the footpath in Brisbane and Adelaide, further expands these principles, positioning intuitive play and shared authorship as vital forces in building resilience.

Collectively, the works propose resilience as a lived, relational practice—shaped by novelty, uncertainty and cooperation—and reflect on its relevance during periods of profound disturbance and instability.

Reference

Gunderson, LH & Holling, CS, eds. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Systems of Humans and Nature, Island Press, Washington D.C.