Call of the Running Tide Environmental Sculpture and Multimedia Festival, an event curated by Jill Chism, where artists engaged with the unique ecosystems in far north Queensland, and informed viewers of current local and global environmental threats.
The Port Douglas event involved thirty-eight interstate, regional and local artists who created multiple sculptures and multimedia works which were displayed in Rex Smeal Park, on the Flagstaff Hill walk, at the Northern end of Four Mile Beach and in Port Douglas Community Hall and grounds.

The body of work for Call of the Running Tide 2021 uses plastic debris that has been collected from the coast of Queensland as material. The plastic material is the plastic that has been floating around in the sea and is threatening the ecology of the oceans. Countries around the world are struggling to manage current volumes of plastic waste as plastic debris pollutes deep ocean basins, marine and freshwater ecosystems while, at the same time, new plastic production is being accelerated by investment in petrochemical industries.
The works produced from the plastic debris engage with the devastation of marine plastic pollution and with the increasing recognition of the impact of climate change, rising sea levels, coastal development and overfishing.