Peachey & Mosig

Peachey & Mosig are engaged in ongoing deliberate explorations of various landscapes. Their creative approach is based around the process of field studies – returning to specific landscapes over time and the process of play – interaction with each other and the environment with no particular outcome in mind. The characteristics of the environment they inhabit, along with their internal emotional state constantly varies the outcome of their work even though their approach essentially remains the same. The primary theoretical approach that informs their work is the study of Human Ecology, that is the trans-disciplinary study of systems theory, applying the principles of ecosystems’ sciences to the study of the human environment.

Our time in Kandos was shaped by quiet days in an uncultivated field, our work inspired by a glorious mess of a garden filled with overlooked artefacts. These places: left to do their own thing without a care for productivity or meaning, ordered by forces that are hard to ascertain at first glance. We were often reminded of John Knight’s work, ‘The Right to be Lazy’, drawing its name from an essay published in 1883 by Karl Marx’s son-in-law, Paul Lafargue, which argues heavily against conservative, religious and socialist ideas of work, instead championing laziness and creativity as being the most important catalysts for human progress. Performance credit Ben Ward, solo double bass improvisation.