Splinter president Bev Dowd said personal activism had changed from a physical to an online process of clicking likes on Facebook posts.
“Activism once meant leaving your home carrying a placard, chaining yourself to equipment or trees — basically doing something public, visible, active and often borderline if not completely illegal,” Mrs Dowd said.
“Today we have digital activism, which can be incredibly powerful and far-reaching, but it can also be misguided or mindless.”
Elmore-based artist Meg Doller said her piece The bottle is the message comes from a photograph of a bottle found on a beach in Sri Lanka.
“I pondered the once-romantic notion of a message in a bottle and the reality of today's rubbish-strewn beaches around the world,” she said.
“Shortly after taking the photo I heard Sting sing Message in a Bottle on a radio in the supermarket. The message is no longer in the bottle — it is the bottle.”
Share if you agree opens at 2pm on Saturday November 9 at the Kyabram Town Hall gallery, 199 Allen St, Kyabram. The exhibition is on until February 1.
Kyabram singer-songwriter Georgia Prince will perform at tomorrow's opening.