Showing until 16 March at Holmes à Court Gallery at No. 10, West Perth, for the 2024 Perth Festival
PORTENT (water), still from digital video, Andrew Nicholls with Chad Peacock, 2024.
Inspired by the artist’s experience of the 2023 Exmouth eclipse, Andrew Nicholls’ exhibition, PORTENT, plays with the common understanding of eclipses as bad omens in diverse cultures throughout history. Video projections, large-scale wall murals and printed hangings, lighting and sound take over the gallery and see the space repeatedly morph from light to darkness and back again throughout the course of the day.
The exhibition comprises solo works and collaborations with Ad Lib Collective, Sarah Elson, Chad Peacock and Wind Up Bird.