Aberrant nuptials - Fostering creative flows and new material configurations.‍ ‍

21st September 2025

Gilles Deleuze provokes intellectual stimulation to say the least. I like to illustrate his philosophies using my own artwork so that I can comprehend his concepts. Aberrant Nuptial - the union of fundamentally different systems. Deleuze describes Aberrant Nuptials as “productive encounters between systems characterised by fundamental difference”.

At the Papillon Art Retreat I am seeking out aberrant nuptials: unusual joint ventures, awesome creative productions between differing systems.

1. Paint tins, builders rubbish bags and critters

2. Oysters, jetties and rocks and pearls, tides and fire, sun, flotsam and jetsom, driftwood, Sailing equipment, ropes, knots.

3. Introduced plants & Native plants - Tee Trees, tipu trees & Morning Glory, eucalyptus, Moreton Bay Fig, Campherlaurel

4. BushTurkey, Magpies, Cockatoos, Lace Monitors, Green Tree Snakes / leaf Matter … building of a nest

5. The Lyre bird imitates the machinery at the neighbours renovations.

6. Trevor Clarke represents his ideal of the river bend in his modestly realist oil painting in the lounge room,

7. and the butterfly plays a part in the theatre of reproduction as it fertilises the Mother of Millions plants.

   These encounters foster “EXCEPTIONAL creative flows of energy, generating NEW material configurations and INTENSIVE experiences."

   Perceived as weeds the undersirable plants in these locations, have a viable function. They include adding nutrients to arid soils and preventing erosion.

   EDIT 1. 21st July 2025.

   EDIT 2. 27th September 2025.

   EDIT 3. 11th December 2025

   EDIT 4. 26th May 2026