Envisioning Gods

I landed cold back in Melbourne in July 2013, no longer in tropical Darwin. I set up studio at Rubicon ARI, care of Australia Council’s ArtStart funding. Straight away I made a new work for Siying Zhou’s show in which I channeled my experiences of crumbling European built environment where I felt both belonging and other so I built something of a fetish to that feeling.

Envisioning Gods
31 July - 17 August 2013.
Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
Simon Cooper, Penelope Hunt, Talitha Kennedy, Jayne McSwiney, Jonathon Saunders, 
Siying Zhou (Curator)
Envisioning Gods presents a broad perspective and diverse voices examining the subject of belief and spirituality in modern societies. It draws attention to and re-appraises the value of wishful thinking, heroic culture, biotechnology, Zen and Christianity through six individual works: a drawing of a personal memory on a religious event; a sculptural installation that offers a ritualistic experience to the audience; a metaphoric photographic image; a stencil painting that reveals the banality of the daily lives of superheros; a fetish altar with leather constructions; a series of blueprints on boards that depict half human hybrid creatures.Envisioning Gods intends to engage audiences both visually and physically.


Installation shot, Envisioning Gods, Rubicon ARI.

Talitha Kennedy, Kill to Build, 2013. Leather, thread, synthetic stuffing and found demolition blocks. Approx 130 cm H.



Detail: Talitha Kennedy, Kill to Build, 2013.

Detail: Talitha Kennedy, Kill to Build, 2013.