Red Bin Art Project
Extinction meets exploration. Earth remembered, Mars imagined.
Red Bin Art Project
As we search for traces of life on Mars, species continue to disappear here on Earth. Through site-specific gestures and digital collage, Red Bin documents threatened and extinct species. Each artwork is accompanied by its story and mapped location, forming a digital exhibition launching here from January 4 to February 2, 2026.
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Notes on Extinction
Project artist Dr Kim Hamilton will visit public sites across NSW’s Midcoast, placing handwritten scraps of paper—each bearing the name of a threatened or extinct species—into local rubbish bins. These gestures will be photographed and digitally collaged with NASA Mars landscapes, referencing recent Jezero Crater findings that suggest potential biosignatures of ancient microbial life.
The resulting works draw a conceptual thread between local extinction and planetary narratives.
