Justene Williams: The Curtain Breather Deeply

The Curtain Breathed Deeply is an expansive touring exhibition by artist Justene Williams. An immersive installation of video, performance, elaborate handmade sets and sculptural elements, The Curtain Breathed Deeply is a space of spectacle and contemplation brimming with pattern, colour and texture.

Williams’ eclectic assemblage of visual and aural curiosities is drawn from her personal life and relationships. The work is informed by memories of her father’s wrecking yard, her childhood training in dance, as well as references to fine art, film and photography. The Curtain Breathed Deeply integrates objects and images taken from the vernacular of suburban Australia: garbage bags, tarpaulins, a backyard kids’ pool and a bar fridge. Williams combines and transforms these mundane found objects with fantastical bodies and idiosyncratic visuals to create a theatrical and seductive environment.