Celestial Bodies by Melody Woodnutt

Two new works by Melody Woodnutt include a streetside projection on Gertrude Street alongside an installation work of expanded cinema within the Mission to Seafarers Norla Dome called, Fata Morgana and Death Shroud for a Ship, respectively. These works sit within a new series called Celestial Bodies which tie together the sea and the cosmos as vast bodies that sit above and below an ascending yet sinking ship. It is a poetic attempt to embrace glittering spectral bodies; at once our own and all else born of dead stars. Created as haunting silvery vessels of sound, 16mm expanded cinema, strobe, fog, a death shroud, and digital projection.

About the artist

Melody Woodnutt is a contemporary artist working within the expanded field of 16mm analogue moving image film. Woodnutt’s works take the form of kinetic or immersive installations, still images, and short films that function as portals or ‘topias to distil broader societal complexities into quasi-fictional worlds and allegories.

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Image Credit: Celestial Bodies: Fata Morgana (street projection, Gertrude St); and, Death Shroud For a Ship (installation, Norla Dome)