A project on intimacy at the intersection of art and science.
THE 2.5 YEARS IN CREATING MY FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION:
︎MARCH 11 2020: WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic.
︎3 WEEKS LATER: Tinder users swipe a record-breaking 3 billion times in 24 hours.
︎I apply and receive the highly competitive City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grant.
︎My exhibition gets delayed six times due to rolling lockdowns—stretching on for over two and a half years.
︎I interview 12 people, single through one of the world’s longest and strictest lockdowns.
︎They kiss a Petri dish.
︎Their inner galaxies visualised via photography and audio experience.
︎I am interviewed for ABC Radio and have an exclusive with The Age.
︎Opening night opens to a large crowd, only second to Neil Gaiman.
“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
—Carl Sagan, Contact [1980]
—Carl Sagan, Contact [1980]
SELECT PRESS:
︎THE AGE
AUDIO EXPERIENCE:
︎’Distant Kisses’; Soundcloud
CREDITS:
︎12 anonymous single participants and their microbiota.
︎Event photography by Kyle Lotherington.
︎Distant Kisses is supported by a City of Melbourne Annual Art Grant.