Moth-o-tropolis
Moth-o-tropolis, part of newlocalwork @44, May 2026
Beyond Sydney’s mad mouse wheel – its cost-of-living crisis, infrastructure rush and undimmed lust for international air travel at a time of climate collapse – lie pockets of normalcy where mysterious velvety-winged brethren, seasonal visitors from afar, go quietly about their business … resting and recovering between flights, taxiing and refuelling … on our kitchen sink. The capacious sink/runway was salvaged in 1990 from an upper-level laboratory of the deco-styled Maritime Services Board building on Circular Quay (today the MCA). Its deeply-patinaed stainless steel exhudes a quiet weight of lived-in scars, dents & scratches, somehow comforting in their anonymity, their unknown [human & more-than-human] history.
Terminal Inkjet print, 65 x 80 cm, $350
Glass, Satin, Sink, In the Mont, Droplet, Ground crew Inkjet prints, 59 x 43 cm, $240 each
In the Moth Mountains Inkjet print, 65 x 81 cm, $350
Editions of 12
A fab all-ages get-together for the Opening of newlocalwork … new flights of work by 44’s artists-in-residence David Watson [Moth-o-tropolis] and Denise Corrigan [Track and Field] … 2 May 2026
newlocalwork roomsheet + see also Denise’s Track and Field webpage
Rozelle neighbours Ethan (l.) and Eric choose their favourite work, David’s In the Moth Mountains, 3 May 2026
On the weatherboards downstairs hangs a not-unrelated coda, shot also upon the premises …
Authenticator Pure pigment print on cotton rag, mounted on 3 mm aluminium composite panel, $650 Unmounted print, $350
Edition of 12
Last autumn I pulled apart a couple of damp old decking boards I was about to cut up for firewood to reveal a living landscape drawn by nature itself.
Darling Magazine, Autumn 2026
Artist confrères Sue, Phil, Juliet & Suzanne with Denise in the gallery, 9 May 2026
Denise, Kobi and David, 9 May 2026
The sale of eight newlocalwork prints + exhibition donations enabled 44 to pass on $1000 to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation + $550 to Callan Park Bushcare.
