Tina Fiveash

Twin Spirit by Tina Fiveash

Exhibition dates: 6 to 21 April 2024 - Friday to Sunday 11am - 4pm

Artwork: Twin Spirit by Tina Fiveash

Artist: Tina Fiveash

Artist/s statement

The afterlife, once the domain of religious and spiritual belief, is shifting into the realm of Western science in the 21st Century, as cutting- edge resuscitation technology is reviving people ‘back from the dead’, well beyond all previous definitions of clinical death. Returning back from what Shakespeare once described “the undiscover’d country”, survivors are routinely reporting profound auditory/ visual experiences occurring in the period when they had no heartbeat. Such paranormal experiences, referred to as ‘near-death experiences’ (NDEs), date back to the fourth century B.C. and are universally reported in their thousands today.

My practice-led research considers how such revelatory new understandings of the dying process might not only transform our belief systems around death, but also the way we picture death, dying, and the dead. Through the exploration of creative visual practice, I have investigated a range of digital photo-based approaches towards a contemporary re-imagining of death that engages in the question of an afterlife—in order to challenge assumptions about mortality and broaden perceptions of death and dying. My personal investigation of death and dying through photography is paralleled with an online socially-engaged research project titled “The Death Letter Project”, in which stories about death and dying are digitally captured and shared at www.deathletterprojects.com.
This exhibition brings together a decade of research and photography on the theme of death and mortality and includes photo-based works from “The Sweet Forever” and “We Could Be Immortals” series.

Instagram @tinafiveash

Facebook : fiveash.tina

Websites: www.tinafiveash.com and www.deathletterprojects.com

For more information contact: Tina Fiveash, tinafiveash@gmail.com or 0427 020 770

Opening night: Friday 5 April 6pm to 8pm

6 to 21 April, Friday to Sunday, 11am to 6pm on Fridays, 11am to 5pm Saturdays and Sundays

Artist Talk : Sunday 7th April at 3pm

Accessibility information: The gallery has an accessible bathroom. There is a set of stairs inside the building and a lift for wheelchair access.