Meshes and Teeth

Stephanie Jane Burt expands her interest in the formation and representation of self in a site-specific exhibition exploring gender dynamics, social constructs and identity. Working with print, text, moving images and sculptural installations, she creates scenes that evoke film sets and fictional worlds, employing a visual vocabulary inspired by literature, film and material culture.

The non-linear narrative that unfurls across the Tunnel circles around its enigmatic female protagonist. Through intricate sculptures, poetic turns of phrase and glimpses of how the body moves and performs, we are invited to view this world through our protagonist's lens. Bodily behaviour and material culture—fashion, objects we own—carry political and social significance. Burt reflects on the body as a site where social norms and individual expression are constantly negotiated. The exhibition title, Meshes and Teeth, touches upon the tensions between utility and destruction, support and control, inviting the viewer to consider the individual’s relationship with society and our surrounding environments. The exhibition offers spaces of affinity and contemplation while embracing the possibility of individual agency in forging new ways of moving forward.