Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature, 2024, ACMI.
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Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature illuminates the hidden forces surrounding us, revealing the sublime through sensory journeys beyond our everyday perception. From the roots of a majestic Amazonian tree to the unseen branches of the body and the birth of galaxies, this hypnotic, immersive experience explores the rhythm that cultivates and connects all life – breath.
This world premiere exhibition features major digital artworks on a grand, awe-inspiring scale from London-based collective Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF). Through guided meditation, large-scale projection works and interactive experiences, visitors evolve from droplets of water to plants, cells and stars, becoming part of the cycle of life and the cosmos.
Using creative technology to deepen our understanding of, and connection to the world around us, Marshmallow Laser Feast reminds us that we are just one species in a shared ecosystem and asks, what can we learn from nature to prepare for the future?
Works of Nature marks Marshmallow Laser Feast’s first major exhibition in Australia and includes artworks executive produced by the late Edward R. Pressman and filmmaker Terrence Malick; and collaborations featuring narration by executive producer Cate Blanchett; poetry by Daisy Lafarge; and music by Jon Hopkins, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Meredith Monk, Howard Skempton and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood.
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Created In
2023
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Collection and interpretation
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English
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ACMI, Melbourne (23 November - 14 April 2024)
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Curatorial excellence
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Highlights Details
Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature includes large-scale major video works, a guided meditation and evocative 2D artworks.
The exhibition is presented across 11 immersive sections:
- Works of Nature Introduction: video installation of breath.
- Sanctuary of the Unseen Forest: large-scale video installation of an ancient Amazonian kapok tree.
- Evolver: 4x artworks comprising a series of large-scale video installations, a guided meditation and optional VR work.
- The Tides Within Us: 6x artworks revealing the flow of oxygen through the branching ecosystem of the human body.
- The Scale of Things: 5x video installations providing insight into the science of blackholes and the cosmos.
- Distortions in Space Time: large-scale immersive, interactive experience allowing visitors to journey through space to the edge of a black hole.
- We Live in an Ocean of Air: video installation revealing the invisible connection between plants and people.
- Science behind the Sublime: behind-the-scenes digital and 2D works exploring MLF’s process and practice.