HOUSE/HOME was a part of Heathcote Select, a group exhibition of seven emerging West Australian graduates at the City of Melville's Heathcote Museum. Nixon exhibited alongside Ellen Norrish, Jessica Hart, Emily Hornum, Nikki Lundy, Alexander Tandy and Matthew Pope
Their site-specific body of work was created in the last few months of their old and decaying rental home in Wilson, WA. Nixon engaged with the house materially as an act of bereavement, memorialisation and preservation. Additionally, Nixon wanted to consider how the re-representation of the site-specific series would interact with Heathcote’s history. HOUSE/HOME acts as record of the Nixon’s time lived in that house and the connection between nostalgia and home.
Installation view of HOUSE/HOME at Goolugatup Heathcote Museum & Gallery
Rust dyed muslin, found jarrah, 149x220x3cm
Rust dyed muslin, found jarrah, 150x155x5cm
Found jarrah, found nails, bed sheet, silk, linen, thread
92x7.5x3cm
116x7.5x2.5cm
115x17x2cm
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Fort, felted Jacob sheep wool, found screws, 20x30x2cm
Tooth & Nail , Found jarrah, rust dyed linen, found nail and felted Jacob sheep wool, dimensions variable
Brother, felted Jacob sheep wool, found brick, dimensions variable
Rust dyed bed sheet, found ply, 155x83x3cm