Carrie Radzevicius: Delicious Paradox
December 4, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Opening launch December 4 at 6-8pm
Guest Opening Speaker - Andrew Purvis, Director, Adelaide Central Gallery
A paradox is a concept that appears absurd or contradictory but may prove to be true. Ecologists Gunderson and Holling (2002) describe resilience as a ‘delicious paradox’, observing that the most resilient communities are those who achieve stability through a process of constant change and adaptation (43). They were pioneers in the discovery of adaptive resilience cycles, which attempt to explain how community recover after major changes. These cycles comprise four stages: 1) exploitation; 2) conservation; 3) release, and; 4 reorganisation. They are, essentially, cycles of construction/deconstruction, a ‘harmonious blending of perceived opposites’, where knowledge and memory allow for new pathways, solutions and outcomes that allow communities, organisms and networks to persist.
Delicious Paradox offers a real-time and visual application of Gunderson and Holling’s adaptive resilience theory, extending this observation of perceived opposites construction/deconstruction to science/art. Everyday household objects and sounds form, deconstruct and adapt in continuous cycles, representing not only our ability to manage change on a cellular level but also social, environmental and economic. The result is a multi-sensory, immersive and limitless experience offers the viewer a new lens by which to consider the wider applications of resilience to everyday life.
Gunderson, LH & Holling, CS, eds. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Systems of Humans and Nature, Island Press, Washington D.C..
Carrie Radzevicius bio
Carrie Radzevicius (she/her) is a dual American and Australian living in Meanjin (Brisbane). With multi- and inter-disciplinary interests in moving image, stop-motion, expanded drawing, ecology, systems thinking, community engagement and sound, her creative practice focuses on elevating everyday objects and materials through accessible, inclusive and collaborative processes. Her experimental approach celebrates the intrinsic link between art and science while fostering deep connections to place. Carrie also brings several years of community engagement experience to deliver public programs that encourage creative innovation, community interaction, wellbeing and civic engagement. Through her works and program delivery she aims to offer viewers and participants empowering experiences that spark compassion, empathy and understanding.