Interspecies and Other Others
This otherworldly, multi-artist exhibition will envelop the Abbotsford Convent grounds for five weeks — and it's free to explore after sunset each night.
Overview
This winter, Abbotsford Convent is showing off its wild side. The historic precinct is set to be reborn as an immersive after-dark art exhibition, as it plays host to Interspecies and Other Others from Friday, August 26–Sunday, October 2.
The world-premiere exhibition invites you on a multisensory, nocturnal exploration of the Convent's 16-acre grounds, as its diverse artworks reflect on the complexities of the human condition, our history and habitat.
Curated by Kelli Alred, it's set to envelop audiences with a free, otherworldly program of installations, projections, performance, sculpture and sound, reimagining building facades, open spaces, and those countless nooks and crannies.
'Interloper (alternative)', 2022, Abdul Abdullah.
You'll catch site-specific commissioned works from renowned contemporary artists like Megan Cope, Atlanta Eke, Abdul Abdullah and Lyndal Jones, along with existing pieces from the likes of Shan Turner-Carroll, Tony Albert and Geoff Robinson. All of it compelling, with plenty of surprises in store — a plant-based sound art installation, a perception-bending photo series starring a fox-headed man, a Lucha Libre-inspired exploration of Indigenous identity and an otherworldly tennis court-based performance work among them.
A collection of short films projected onto the St Euphrasia wall will include works by Yeo Siew Hua, Marianna Simnett and Karrabing Film Collective, while a series of online flicks by award-winning filmmaker Sarah-Jane Woulahan is being created in response to the onsite exhibition.
'Interspecies' video still, by Heven Osborne.
Interspecies and Other Others will be free to explore from sunset till 10pm, Wednesday to Sunday for its duration.
Top Image: 'Interspecies' video still, by Heven Osborne.
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