Amrita Hepi / Monumental
Feb 20 - Apr 24, 2022
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
51 James street
Northbridge, WA
Australia
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, 2020, video still Courtesy of the artist and Anna Swartz Gallery |
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, installation view Photo by Bo Wong |
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, installation view Photo by Bo Wong |
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, installation view Photo by Bo Wong |
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, installation view Photo by Bo Wong |
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, installation view Photo by Bo Wong |
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, installation view Photo by Bo Wong |
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Amrita Hepi, Monumental, 2020, video still Courtesy of the artist and Anna Swartz Gallery |
Amrita Hepi
Monumental, 2020
HD video, 16:9, colour, sound
4 minutes
Monuments are dialectical. Central pillars that seep into the periphery. Like the horizon
line they are a steadfast informants of space— stable, grand, expansive and looming.
Continuously being built, and yet continuously being rinsed out by retrospective, inertia
and rain.
Monumental is a suite of works by Amrita Hepi that casts a central colonial figure within a
continual sunrise... or is it a sunset? Through performance the monument is serenaded by
sound and dance, then destroyed by paddles and cricket bats, and finally replaced by seven
people. By creating a dreamscape of dance and demise, Hepi sets her sights on the
historical archive of colonial monuments, making them bodily once more.
Commissioned by Gertrude Contemporary, with support from the Australia Council.
Images courtesy of the artist, PICA and Anna Swartz Gallery.