"Ben-Ary’s weed-derived linocut patterns and eco-inks are both attractive and troubling, as are McKenzie’s junk assemblages. The most compelling moments in Repairian have a process-driven quality, one that brings attunement or a relational engagement with the environment.
Trash Tail, for example, has a self-generative premise that allows the artist to co-create with place; as the tails around the performers gather more junk, their attempts to walk become more intertwined with the site. With its kaleidoscopic yet straightforward narratives, Repairian offers a vantage point from where to consider the site’s complexity.
It is a work with a hyper-local yet resonant scope, connecting viewers with what McKenzie regards as ‘a place close to home and close to my heart’"
Eduardo Cossio for Seesaw magazine, Repairian Streams: a live-streamed immersive installation, 9 October 2025.
Read more here:
www.seesawmag.com.au/2025/10/repairian-review
We also got a nod from Steven Bevis in his write up, Modern masters and ancient traditions: Vessels, Where do We Truly Belong and Ripairian at Midland Junction Arts Centre, 7 October 2025.
"a fascinating cabinet of curiosities that showcases the ecological and social complexities of under-bridge sites along the Mandoon Bilya"
Read more here:
www.seesawmag.com.au/2025/10/vessels-midland-junction-arts-centre
ABOVE: Livestream of the performance in the MJAC auditorium, showing Georgie Ivers on the left, and Michael Terre on the right, responding to the performance in real time.
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