Screen Space – Christian Thompson

Christian Thompson HEAT 2010 (still).
Christian Thompson HEAT 2010 (still).

Christian Thompson HEAT 2010 (still). DVD projection (hard drive master and 4 x photographs in presentation box), 28.9 x 20.6 x 3.5 cm, duration: 5:52 min. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the TomorrowFund, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2011. © Christian Thompson.

Screen Space – Christian Thompson

A new work is screened every two months in this dedicated space for AGWA’s growing filmic acquisitions. 

HEAT is a captivating work and a personal recollection of contemporary Bidjara artist Christian Thompson, visiting the harsh Australian desert landscape with his father.

Each component of this video triptych contains the face of a young Indigenous woman, representative of a sacred mother-earth, and referencing the seductive and dangerous nature of the Australian landscape.

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Curated by

Carly Lane
Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art

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