Look how they shine /
Your skin and bones


2020

Master of Fine Art (RMIT) graduation work.

Cotton, chiffon, organza, polyester, velvet, tulle, beads, sequins, thread, wool, dried flowers, polymer clay and paper.

150 x 219 cm

HD Video, 04:28 mins.

Lighten up babe – things will only get better. But things don’t generally get better – physics says so. Look how they shine / Your skin and bones is a tragicomic with bad taste - it’s less about things getting better and more about things getting weird. Look how they shine comprises 73 yellow fabric patches assembled into a tapestry – a kind of diary entry, an essay on happiness. Yellow is happy. Yellow is an angry baby’s face in the sun, stars twinkling. Coldplay know about yellow. Your skin and bones sees four masked people playing and crying in the grass. They want you to know, if you can’t laugh, you’ll cry, and you might cry until you laugh.

Performed by: Tessa Terlouw, Claire Farrugia, Zoe Roberts and Lyra Rinaudo.
Music: Rydeen by the Yellow Magic Orchestra
Direction, camera and editing: Andrea Meacham

︎ (Look how they shine): Isabella Capezio