Beached as Bro... (I love you), 2025

“Sophie Dumaresq’s latest work is mischievous and unapologetically visceral. Beached as Bro… (I love you) (2025), commissioned for Blaze at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space and developed at ANCA Studios, commands an audience. Funded by Next Wave, the piece frays distinctions between creature and performer, endurance and exhaustion, as Dumaresq inhabits Sweetie Pie—a pink-interior, part-robotic, part-sculptural shark. The work explores a delicate balance between control and surrender.”

Full article :https://www.ofangelsandlegends.com/sophie-dumaresq

A variation of the hybrid animatronic performance based installation work was commissioned and showcassed as just “Beached As Bro…” in Dark Mass for the annual midsummer festival Dark Mofo in 2025.

A special limited edition print edition and T-shirt version of the artwork were also commissioned by Canberra Contemporary in collaboration with Megalo Print Studio and Fine Design in 2025. Available to purchase online with Canberra Contemporary: https://www.canberracontemporary.com.au/shop-fonw2

Images by Hilary Wardhaugh