November 2022
AIRspace Projects, Marrickville

Hey Siri, can you die of a broken heart?

Chelsea Arnott, Zane Edwards, Charlie Komšić, Samuel Leighton-Dore, Parallel Park

Love is a splendid thing, until it’s not. Whether we fall out of love, experience unrequited love, or lose the love of our life, heartbreak is a deeply personal, yet universally felt experience. Break-ups can be painful and uncomfortable, and can make you ugly-cry as you listen to sad songs with a tub of Ben & Jerry’s in hand. However, break-ups can also be catalysts of much needed change, re-centering and transformation.

In an age of self-diagnosis, Hey Siri, can you die of a broken heart? explores how a group of artists respond to, reflect upon, and communicate these complex emotions. Using a range of media, the exhibition is underpinned by dichotomous moments of humour and seriousness, happiness and sadness, liberation and contrition; all in the attempt to seek solace.

When we lose our other half, at least we have each other.