Internal Interior

Photography by Saul Steed, courtesy of the Art Gallery of South Australia

Internal Interior was created for Dark water, a major collaborative project by Erin Coates and Anna Nazzari featuring drawings, sculptural objects and a central short film work. Dark Water examines psychological thresholds and the limits of the human body in relation to oceanic environments. This interconnected body of work draws on the artists’ research into marine flora and fauna and the experiences of deep-sea divers, to explore familial trauma and the dissolution of the human psyche in a strange waterlogged architectural space. Dark Water was shown in the 2020 Adelaide Biennial: Monster Theatres at the Art Gallery of South Australia and Dark Water at Linden New Art in Melbourne. It was supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and the Western Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

To see more, view the FILM component of Dark Water.

Internal Interior, 2019
Erin Coates & Anna Nazzari
silicon, ceramic, human and animal hair, sperm whale tooth, wood, wallpaper
120 x 180 x 15cm

Pet Tunicate, 2018
Erin Coates
silicon, ceramic, dog hair
3 x 8 x 9cm
Photograph: Michelle Becker