THE NET
‘The Net’ at SWELL, Tugun Beach, Currumbin, Gold Coast. September 2025. Photo Credit: Room4Graphics @room4graphics
“Towing a line between hard and soft, ‘The Net’ moves like a blanket with the threat of a barbed wire fence. Salvaged metal slices are abraded and woven like an armour, the mechanical ripples imitating waves, a breath, a sigh.
‘Ghost nets’ are haunting the oceans. Orphaned fishing gear is devastating to aquatic life: a seemingly harmless plastic mesh becomes a binding, suffocating trap; the silent assassins of the seas. Indiscriminate in nature, ghost nets will haunt our seas for years to come.
The Net is a call to action.”
— The Networkers, SWELL 2025.
Photo Credit: Room 4 Graphics: @room4graphics
Photo Credit: Poppy Hayes @hayesspphoto
Photo Credit: Poppy Hayes @hayesspphoto