Siren is a word found in Homer's Odyssey to name the mythical female deities who lured seafarers into danger with their beguiling songs. Today, sirens are an alert for urgent danger.
Ballarat artist Kate Gorman draws upon both meanings of the word to express the impact of tourism, suburban growth and progress on Victoria's coastal landscape. While the lure of beautiful beaches draws increasing human settlement, this popularity is set to destroy the untouched natural beauty people are drawn to.
Gorman's delicate, half-human sculptures are designed to charm and lure the viewer into the artist's underlying sense of environmental peril.
