Whelping Box Film

Shot in Nowra and Bundanon, Whelping Box (Film) is a continuum of a live performance presented by Performance Space in 2012. The material and sequences from the original performance have been re-contextualised on locations in rural NSW, and further explored through the language of film.

The film depicts a series of intensely physical and ritualistic tasks, and explores the impact of these on different psychological states, from the human aspiration to higher, god-like forms, to degenerative animalistic desire.

Whelping Box delves into themes of masculinity, empowerment, male intimacy, and the need for expression within tightly coded expectations of male behaviour.