The video is based on a game usually taught to children in a classroom setting as a community building or drama-warm-up exercise. It involves a simple series of actions like clicking, clapping and other body percussion gestures, that when repeated by the group generate a sound performance that convincingly mimics the sound of a rainstorm. This innocent game of imitating nature could also suggest the uncertainty of what lies ahead for these young adults.
Biography
Angelica Mesiti was born 1976 in Sydney, where she graduated with a Masters of Fine Art from the University of New South Wales. She currently lives between Sydney and Paris. The artist works with video, installation and performance.
Angelica Mesiti has been chosen to represent Australia at the 58th Venice Biennale (2019). She has benefited from solo shows at ARTER museum (Istanbul, 2025), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2024), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2019), Art Sonje Centre (Seoul, 2018), Tbilisi Kunsthale (Tbilisi, 2018), Artspace (Sydney, 2017) and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, 2017), among others. She has taken part in the biennales of Adelaide (2018), Sydney (2014), Istanbul and Sharjah (2013). Her works have been acquired by a large number of collections, including Kadist Foundation (Paris, San Francisco), Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain Franche-Comté (Besançon), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (Auckland), QAGOMA (Brisbane) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney). The artist is represented by Galerie Allen (Paris) and by Anna Schwartz Gallery (Melbourne).
