Image taken from the AGWA website
Exquisite Bodies is a multi-sensory participatory exhibition inviting audiences of all ages and abilities to contribute to an installation of monumental figurative sculptures that morph and change in unexpected ways.
Developed in collaboration with disabled artist Bruno Booth, the exhibition interrupts preconceived perceptions of disability and normativity creating space for slow-play, complex conversations, experimentation and contemplation. The materials and concepts adapt so that young children, teens, artists, adults and those with no prior arts experience can have an equally valued and meaningful experience.
Interrogating and expanding ideas of beauty, mobility and ability, this interactive exhibition draws on the surrealist game Exquisite Corpse, as an open-ended celebration of perceived error, surprise, and wide-ranging lived experience.
Exquisite Bodies challenges us to reshape our thinking and recognise ways that diversely abled bodies have to navigate a world that is uncomfortable by design, at the same time celebrating the beauty and value of differently expressed ability.
17 December 2022 - 4 December 2023
Art Gallery of Western Australia