IN THE FLESH is an exhibition featuring twenty-five artists and focuses on the lives we lived, and the work made during that memorable time. It centres around 40 photographs that come from disposable cameras, that were sent out to 20 “creative” households during lockdown. The images were selected to portray a time of solitude, domesticity, contemplation, and frustration. There is an overarching peacefulness and lack of artifice that comes from photographing on uneditable analogue film.
Filmmakers, Archie Chew and Alicia Easaw-Mamutil, have documented a collection of stories from lockdown, told from Melbourne’s front porches. This intertwined narrative will be screened on a continuous loop, with score by Jorde Heys, during the exhibition.
“A tapestry of stories from Victoria’s lockdown.
We asked the most entertaining storytellers that we know - to tell us about their isolation experiences. filmed from the safety of their front porches.
We also collaborated with the exceptional composer Jorde Heys who created a work that weaves these disparate stories into a wickedly emotive piece.
W huge thank you to everyone who participated in this project. personally, it helped us make a little more sense of the funny year we had. we hope it has a similar effect on you too.”
View Archie & Alicia’s Projected Stories, with score by Jorde Heys here.