Director, Choreographer, Sculptor & Performer: Jenni Large
Sound Designer: Anna Whitaker
Videographer: Jesse Hunniford
Hobart Current Co-Creative Directors: Denise Robinson and Travis Tiddy
Supported by the City of Hobart, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Creative Hobart.
Initial Development was supported by the Arts Tasmania Regional Residency Program at All That We Are Residency and Assembly197.
Sound Designer: Anna Whitaker
Videographer: Jesse Hunniford
Hobart Current Co-Creative Directors: Denise Robinson and Travis Tiddy
Supported by the City of Hobart, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Creative Hobart.
Initial Development was supported by the Arts Tasmania Regional Residency Program at All That We Are Residency and Assembly197.
EXHIBITION runs from Nov 2025 - April 2026 at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Nipaluna/Hobart
BODY SHELLS is a series of durational live self-portraits. Traversing multiple temporalities, exploring themes of reverence, exposure and endurance through the reflective and disciplined process of body casting.
Stretches of self-determination slowly and cyclically generate plaster archives of the body, suspending memory through detail and debris
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The gallery begins almost empty. By the end of the exhibtion Jenni will have spent over 50 hours in a live creative process, documenting and re-documenting her body using plaster alongside reflective writings. The casts and writings accumulate steadily, suspended by hooks and chains, questioning notions around self-perception, self-worth, time and imperfection.
Watch video blogs of the creative process here:
VLOG 1 - April 2025
VLOG 2 - May 2025
BODY SHELLS will be exhibiting at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Nipaluna/Hobart from Nov 14 2025 until April 26 2026.
The public is invited to witness live casting sessions at the following times in Argyle Gallery 4.
11:00am to 1:30pm:
November 14 & 15
December 12 & 13, 19 & 20
January 3 & 4, 24 & 25
February 14 & 15
March 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 28 & 29
April 1 & 2
Image credits:
Gabriel Comerford and Rosie Hastie
BODY SHELLS is a series of durational live self-portraits. Traversing multiple temporalities, exploring themes of reverence, exposure and endurance through the reflective and disciplined process of body casting.
Stretches of self-determination slowly and cyclically generate plaster archives of the body, suspending memory through detail and debris
~
The gallery begins almost empty. By the end of the exhibtion Jenni will have spent over 50 hours in a live creative process, documenting and re-documenting her body using plaster alongside reflective writings. The casts and writings accumulate steadily, suspended by hooks and chains, questioning notions around self-perception, self-worth, time and imperfection.
Watch video blogs of the creative process here:
VLOG 1 - April 2025
VLOG 2 - May 2025
BODY SHELLS will be exhibiting at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Nipaluna/Hobart from Nov 14 2025 until April 26 2026.
The public is invited to witness live casting sessions at the following times in Argyle Gallery 4.
11:00am to 1:30pm:
November 14 & 15
December 12 & 13, 19 & 20
January 3 & 4, 24 & 25
February 14 & 15
March 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 28 & 29
April 1 & 2
Image credits:
Gabriel Comerford and Rosie Hastie
