Art Gallery of Ballarat Art Screen: Liss Fenwick – The Colony Cares for Everyone

In association with the 2025 Heritage Festival, the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Artscreen presents video and photographic works by artist Liss Fenwick.

Inspired by discovering a colony of termites chewing through their late father’s belongings, The colony cares for everyone and the photographic series

‘Colony’ (Mastotermes Darwiniensis)’ are a close-up study of the vulnerable and ephemeral nature of books. Texts are eaten away until meaning is transformed—knowledge-source becomes food-source—and the paper is returned to its organic origins. With time, human-made history inevitably must face up to the powerful forces of nature.