A mixed media art exhibition that ponders the paradoxes of the seachange phenomenon.

As a unique record of the past 25 –30 years of Sunshine Coast history, the coodabinshoodabin collection embodies, in mixed media art forms, the textures and spirit of Coolum Beach’s growth and evolution.

The exhibition peels away the present to reveal forgotten gems of the past and Coolum is represented as a case study covering all the positive and absurd pressures that continue to impact on all of our fragile coastal communities. By using painting, photography, mixed media and sculptural form, McNamara sets up a seminal dialogue about his hometown culture and questions the past, present and future of seachange.

This focus, on years of gathered and specific information, has been assembled to enable a wide range of venues throughout Australia to host this exhibition and is accompanied by a community arts project.