Reflections in the Water - Allison Chhorn Exhibition Opening

Outer Space invites South Australian-based artist Allison Chhorn into the gallery for its sixth exhibition of the year, Reflections in the Water, an immersive installation that navigates memory, displacement, and landscape along the Mekong River.

Through recreated fragments of archival material, Chhorn transforms the gallery into a contemplative water sanctuary, evoking the Cambodian countryside as both a site of healing and destruction. Water, in this work, becomes a carrier of history, fluid, unstable, and reflective.

A Cambodian-Australian filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist working on Kaurna Land, Chhorn is known for her impressionistic moving-image works including The Plastic House (2019) and Skin Shade Night Day (2022). Her practice explores post-memory and the emotional aftershocks of migrant displacement through film and installation.

With Reflections in the Water, Chhorn offers a quiet, affecting space to consider what is remembered, what is inherited, and what continues to flow.

Learn more about the exhibition here.

This is a free event, and all are welcome to attend, engage and explore, respectfully. There will be a licenced bar with non-alcoholic options.

Please be advised that this exhibition includes sound, wind and light which could affect individuals with sensitivities; if you have any concerns, please contact our team for assistance and accommodations.

ACCESSIBILITY: The gallery is wheelchair accessible from the Brunswick St entrance. Please note due to current building works at the Judith Wright Arts Centre, the passenger lift is not usable. Bathrooms can be accessed from the Level 1 courtyard entrance of the Judith Wright Arts Centre.

If you have any specific access needs or questions, please either email admin@outerspacebrisbane.org or send us a message on Instagram. 

Outer Space is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the Outer Space community.