ephemeral architecture
Nettie Coleman
Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre
Opening: 6pm Friday 4 December 2026
Exhibition: 4 December 2026 – 31 January 2027
ephemeral architecture explores the complex natural and synthetic systems of our world, making visible the intangible language of these often unseen structures. It considers how digital technology has become something both created by us and operating beyond us, forming vast invisible infrastructures that shape how we move through, see, and understand the world. Although artificial, these webs of information begin to mimic organic forms as we attempt to contextualise their scale. Like creeping mycelium, or reaching root systems, we yearn to humanise the machine – a silicon based life form.
Connections form between system diagrams, machine vision data, and biological formations, blurring the boundaries between organic and digital networks. Where, in this grey area, do we find the distinction between natural and unnatural?
Nettie Coleman is a Belco Arts Emerging Artist Support Scheme Awardee.
About the Artist
Nettie Coleman is a multidisciplinary artist based on Ngunnawal land. Through immersive multimedia installations and printmaking, she explores the intersection between digital and ethereal worlds. Her work renders the invisible structures of the digital age tangible, finding a sense of the sublime within its complexity.
Nettie completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Arts (International Relations/Anthropology) at ANU in Canberra. Recently, she was awarded residencies at Megalo Print Studio, M16 Artspace, and ANU Makerspace, and her multimedia work has been shown at a number of galleries, festivals, and events.
