Obitus finds artist Nathan Beard returning to the abandoned house of his mother in her hometown of Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. Memories of this site are used to construct a body of work that specifically alludes to Thai culture. In exploring intimate familar narratives of displacement and loss, it pognantly evokes universal themes of nostalgia and mortality. These experiences are contrasted with vignettes of life in suburban Perth, evoking the common experience of an uneasy migrant inhabitance within Australia.
This exhibition has been supported by the Department of Culture and the Arts through their Young People and the Arts Program, and assisted through a series of residencies at Speedy Grandma Gallery and Hong Hub,
Bangkok.