IN | SITE RESIDENCY 
Odessa Mahony-de Vries

Odessa Mahony-de Vries will undertake a four-week residency with IN | ARI at The Old Lock-Up, developing a new body of sculptural work that explores the racially ambiguous body and the dynamics of objectification. Working in close dialogue with the architecture and material presence of the site, Mahony-de Vries will create highly responsive sculptures shaped by the scale, texture and spatial conditions of the environment. Throughout the residency, Mahony-de Vries will experiment with form and material while deepening her ongoing investigation into identity and the complexities of social and cultural belonging. The resulting installation will unfold as a spatial encounter between body, object and site, inviting audiences to reflect on the ways bodies are read, positioned and mediated within space. 

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About the IN | SITE RESIDENCY 

The IN | SITE RESIDENCY is a paid, four-week opportunity for artists to create and present new work at The Old Lock-Up. The program invites projects that are site-responsive, site-specific or site-designed, encouraging artists to engage the building as a total environment. Emerging from IN | ARI’s long-standing culture of dialogue and collaboration, the residency supports artists to move beyond the contours of their current practice - testing new materials, ideas and conceptual trajectories that may not yet have a public form. It provides a platform for research-led experimentation and immersive, spatially responsive work that unfolds across the site. IN SITE RESIDENCY is designed as a space for risk, depth and new propositions - a context where artists are trusted to expand their practice and develop ambitious, sensorial projects that respond directly to place.

RESIDENCY SHOWING | OPENING NIGHT
Friday 10 April 2026
6pm - 8pm | The Old Lock Up

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Odessa Mahony-de Vries unveils a new sculptural installation exploring the racially ambiguous body developed during her IN | SITE Residency.

One night inside The Old Lock-Up, Cotton Tree.

Indonesian–Australian artist Odessa Mahony-de Vries unveils a new sculptural installation spread through the cells and corridors of the building.

Her work explores the racially ambiguous body - how bodies are seen and read - using sculptural forms that blur the line between body, object and architecture.

Expect strange shapes, shifting bodies, and sculptures that feel a little bit alive in the space they’re in.

Guest DJ - Moshak - will be playing through the night, with the building open after dark - come wander, hang out, and see what’s been growing inside the walls.

Moshak AKA (Moscos) is an Iranian sound artist based in Australia. His studio production style can range from deep and driving ambient techno to hard-hitting Industrial sounds.

When playing live he utilises synthesisers and drum machines to create sound sets that take forms from seemingly chaotic combinations that materialise in unexpected ways into captivating rhythmic structures.

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Photos by Christine Hall
Widi Studio (Indonesia) | Courtesy of the artist

This program is proudly supported by Sunshine Coast Council.