Betwixt (The Black Show) is a portrait series of ten actors in over twenty-two cinematic stills, suspended in the throes of powerful emotions, exploring a contemporary contemplation of the human capacity to bear pain, hardship and death. The first photographic exhibition to be held in the Richard Wherrett Studio at the Roslyn Packer Theatre and presented by the Sydney Theatre Company. Betwixt (The Black Show) is an exploration of the body in transition. The memory of trauma is observed through temporal states and gestural reflections of our true self. A collection of emotional ebbs and flows are etched into our minds, but what about the ordinary moments that go unnoticed? How often do we stop and review these moments? What if you could make still these fragments and feel them; stare at them; observe them; observe yourself?

Featuring

Paul Capsis
Linda Cropper
David Field
Sandy Gore
Victoria Haralabidou
Lisa Hensley
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Olivia Stambouliah
Yvonne Strahovski
Damian Walshe-Howling

Exhibited

World Pride, Becker Minty, Sydney 2023
Luke Stambouliah, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney 2012
COFA Annual, Roundhouse, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2011
The Final Word, 540 George Street, Sydney 2011
Half Way House, COFA Space, Sydney 2011

Literature

Maria Galinovic, ‘Artist has eye on the future.’ The Leader, Fairfax Media, 23rd February 2012, p. 41
Harriet Levenston, ‘Review: COFA Annual 2011.’ Tharunka, 1st January https://tharunka.com/review-cofa-annual-2011/
‘Betwixt (The Black Show).’ Sydney Theatre, 2012, cover + p. 1-52

Details

Published by Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney 2012
Large Softcover Photographic Book
First Edition
Signed by the Artist
Cover image: Yvonne Strahovski
22 x 28 cm
52 pages including:
16 exhibited prints, 32 exclusive prints and artist's statement