I would like to acknowledge the First Nation peoples worldwide, who with ongoing determination and care, speak for ways of living based on the deepest respect and reverence of life on Earth. I would particularly like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nations of whose country I reside upon. I acknowledge their ongoing commitment to caring for country amidst the damaging impacts of colonisation and exploitation. I would also like to acknowledge my ancestors, human and more than human, who have traversed through time, forging the relationships that have given me the opportunity to be part of life; the ancient calcium of fish bones, the oxygen from carboniferous forests and the ongoing solar rays that shape the world and importantly, I would like to acknowledge the rich, deep evolution of planet earth and its ongoing fluxes and flows of creation and decay through time, with time, of which I am a product of.

ecology : ideas : art : science : memory : forever : now

Aviva Reed is a transdisciplinary visual ecologist. Her practice reframes scientific theories, particularly concepts associated with evolution and ecological categorisations. Her work moves between performance, ritual, lecture, publications and visual art. She explores time, scale and relationship using storytelling, visualisations, soundscapes and conversation.

Aviva is a core member of the Small Friends Books team (published by CSIRO Publishing), as well as co-designer and facilitator of  workshops inspired by these award-winning publications. These books explore the world of microbes.  She self published, "Eon, the Story of the Fossils", in 2017. This illustrated book explores what we can learn from billions of years of being part of an evolving ecosystem.  Aviva presents workshops using techniques such as art making, storytelling, and hands on ecoliteracy to explore complexity.

Aviva is German Jewish and of settler ancestry, currently living and working on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi- wurrung peoples. She received her Bachelor of Science in 2006 from the University of Tasmania and her Masters of Environment from the University of Melbourne in 2015. Her research thesis ‘A Symbiosis of Pedagogies’, explored ecological ontologies through the science and art nexus. She is currently embarking on a PhD at La Trobe University reframing ecology through practice based research.

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