Peach House
june 2022 / the station
Peach House was a nostalgic art exhibition entirely created and curated by myself. The collection of work shown was an ode to your inner child, a reflection on tender moments that make us feel whole. Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket, and thank you to all the wonderful people who exhibited too, it was seriously a perfect night.
Photos below are by myself, on 35mm. Scanned & developed by Your Local Film Lab.
Painting by India Widdicombe.
'As I grow and get older, I’m becoming more aware of this achy feeling in my heart. A feeling of yearning for the past. I tend to get incredibly nostalgic from time to time from the silliest little things. I listen to a certain song, watch certain movies, walk past someone on the street wearing a specific perfume, and all of a sudden; a pit of sad butterflies hit me in my chest and I feel this happy sad ache for what once was.
I think about cracking macadamias between bricks in my childhood garden. I think about my best friend in preschool, and where she is now. I think about meeting my boyfriend at a sweet 16th. I think about the warm nights and big thunderstorms that I’d be so excited for. And about how the sky was just so big.
It’s tender though. I know I’ll never be able to relive those days. I know my childhood innocence is gone. And I’m not a teenger anymore. I miss everything all the time.
This show is about things that feel so special that they ache. And about how we grow and become. Through these artworks, poems and photos, we hope to celebrate these moments and celebrate this feeling of romanticising our lives. And hey, I still love thunderstorms just the same.'
