Exhibition was open from Friday 5 August–Wednesday 7 September 2011

The RiAus Adelaide Reef was the result of collaborative crochet crafting from hundreds of creative participants. Crafters have produced an astoundingly beautiful and diverse coral reef that encompasses mathematics and marine biology as well as responding to the crisis of global warming and the escalation of oceanic plastic waste. The evening also launched the Adelaide Science-Art Trail, linking the Reef with science themed art around Adelaide.

In collaboration with the SA Living Artists (SALA) Festival and National Science Week.

The RiAus Adelaide Reef is a satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project created by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles.

View images from the launch

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Message from RiAus Adelaide Reef Project Manager Cherry Greenslade: Creative crochet communities

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