In Bird Machine, feathered plumage meets mechanical ingenuity as the unruly spirit of the cockatoo is reimagined through resourceful do-it-yourself engineering and found objects, such as discarded street signs, wood, plastic, and broken repurposed electronics. 

Buckland's bird-machine hybrid installation mourns our rapidly changing planet where the machines of human industry are eroding the natural world in the name of growth and progress.

Tom Buckland is a Canberra-based artist who creates work influenced by a fascination with science fiction and fantasy topped off with a joyful absurdism.