We Make Great Pets

Featured in Panopticon III: The Garden of Earthly Delights
Dark Mofo 2019 & The University of Tasmania
Curated by John Vella in collaboration with Asher Warren and Nick Haywood.

This was a collaborative, ephemeral installation in which, over six days on two weekends, a group of people sat in a workshop bathed in red light and mutilated stuffed toys. We spent hours frankensteining them back together as the public watched on.

‘We Make Great Pets’ 2019, installation/ephemeral artwork

Curatorial Statement:
We Make Great Pets’ shows hidden violence in ordinary actions and behaviours. This encounter aims to provide the audience with an experience that uses innocuous materials like children’s toys to bastardise the connotations of everyday life and the aesthetics we rely on. The exhibition blends many objects and metaphors to establish an understanding of the abilities and effects of human conduct.

Artists: Leonie Agius, Lilly Amos, Clara Martin, Amber Miller, Bryce Schreuder

Special thanks to Dark Mofo and The University of Tasmania