Tarps down, goggles on and gloves off. Two women in their 50s bathe in deep pits of domestic detritus to investigate the body’s relationship to systems of power.
Slicked with oil and lit by microwave buzz, Exposure is an ugly-beautiful piece by acclaimed performance artists, Latai Taumoepeau and Mirabelle Wouters, who upend endless struggles of everyday expectation.
Steel bedframes dangle and scrape. Toxins ooze and whitegoods clank. In the world of Exposure, the ageing female body is lain bare as a site of force and resilience as the duo submit themselves to an increasingly surreal states of material force and environmental instability.
First developed at Adhocracy 2024, Vitalstatistix is thrilled to present the Adelaide premiere of this incredible work, straight after their runs in Melbourne at RISING 2026 (as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale), and Sydney at PACT Theatre.
Warnings: Smoke/haze, partial nudity, loud sounds
About the Artists
Branch Nebula is a distinct voice in Australian performance culture. Led by founding artists Lee Wilson and Mirabelle Wouters. Wilson has 35 years’ experience performing, directing and choreographing, having trained at the University of Western Sydney’s Theatre Nepean. His credits include Post Arrivalists, Acrobat, and dramaturgy with Nick Power’s dance productions. Wouters is a Belgian/Australian designer, educated in industrial design with 23 years’ experience making work for large-scale outdoor and indoor theatre with her signature use of found space, recycled costume and light. Together they have developed an astonishing body of work that has toured festivals and presentation houses around Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
Supporters
Exposure is commissioned by Vitalstatistix, co-presented with RISING and Dancehouse, developed with the support of Creative Australia and Create NSW, and is supported through residencies at Bundanon Trust, Cementa Festival, Adhocracy and Theatre and Performance Studies, the University of Sydney.
Branch Nebula is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the NSW Government through Create NSW.
