Heavy Air is a duo exhibition that brings together the distinct yet thematically resonant practices of Antonia Brown & Tom Hallet. In addition to drawings, performances, and texts, both artists work with sculpture, using organic and found materials that evolve over space and time.

Informed by personal experiences and a shared interest in themes like death, decay, loss, transformation, and transfiguration, Brown and Hallet approach their work with a research-driven perspective. They exploration spans cosmic and natural realms, incorporating elements from mythology, medieval symbolism, gossip, rumors, oral traditions, forgotten stories, and magical thinking. Central to their practices is a focus on queer embodiment and corporeality.

The exhibition’s title, borrowed from Anne Boyer’s text on capitalism and the politics of air, transforms air into a symbol of change and commonality. In times when even the air we breathe is imbued with struggle, Heavy Air envisions it as a dynamic space of resistance, sound, movement, life, and death—a realm where ideas take flight, angels dwell, storms brew and fires spread.

On Saturday, November 30, from 1 to 6 pm, Antonia Brown will present a performance featuring Cantate Domino choir, made in collaboration with Ssaliva (François Boulanger).