Mel O'Callaghan
All is Life, 2022
18mm film, colour with sound, 32:9
18 min 30 sec
Photo: Zan Wimberley
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2785.jpg)
First Sound, Last Sound, 2022
Performance with steel tuning forks, wooden resonance chamber
20 min
Photo: Zan Wimberley
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Carriageworks, Sydney
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2792.jpg)
Communion, 2022
Acrylic paint on wall
11.2m x 5.5m and 12.5m x 3.6m
Credit Photo: Zan Wimberley
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Carriageworks, Sydney
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2797.jpg)
Ensemble, 2013
2 channel colour HD video without sound
7 minutes, 15 seconds
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/Mel_O_Callaghan_MO13130018.jpg)
Ensemble, 2013
2 channel colour HD video without sound
7 minutes, 15 seconds
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1142.jpg)
Ensemble, 2013
2 channel colour HD video without sound
7 minutes, 15 seconds
Photo : Aurélien Mole
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
Intallation, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2016
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1143.jpg)
Ensemble, 2017
Live show with the firemen of Porto
10 min
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2788.jpg)
Dangerous on-the-way, 2017
2 channel high definition colour video 32:9, sound
31 mins 56 secs
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1141.jpg)
Respire, Respire, 2019
Breathwork performance with dielectric glass
Credit photo: Simon Woods
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia, 2020
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1919_copie2.jpg)
Centre of the Centre,, 2019
20mm film, colour with sound, 48:9
20 min
Photo: Zan Wimberley
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Artspace, Sydney
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2787.jpg)
Parade, 2014
Performance with steel ladders, rope and pulleys
12 hours
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Gillman Barracks, 2017
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2794.jpg)
Breath Repertoire, 2021
Breathwork performance with floor design
20 min 30m diameter
Credit Photo: Aurelie Cenno
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Greater Taipei Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2796.jpg)
To Hear With My Eyes, 2017
Performance with cedar tree with charcoal, steel bowl and water, leather drum, steel gong, brass, pigment and cedar sistrum
20 min
Credit Photo: Aurelie Cenno
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2793.jpg)
L'Acte Gratuit, 2014
HD video colour with sound
9:16, 30 mins
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1144.jpg)
Endgame, 2012
HD video flash programmed, colour, sound, 16:9
Indefinite length
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/Mel_O_Callaghan_MO1213007.jpg)
Move, 2010
16mm film, colour with sound, 16:9
7 minutes, 13 seconds
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/MelOCallaghan1013005.jpg)
Primary/ Secondary Score, 2018
Performance with floor design and string instrument
20 min
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
exhibition view Greater Taipei Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_2795.jpg)
Chop, 2010
16mm film, colour with sound, 16:9
9 minutes, 13 seconds
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/Mel_O_Callaghan_MO1013004.jpg)
Ever Tried, Ever Failed, 2009
High definition colour video, sound, 16:9
11 minutes 30 seconds
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1155.jpg)
Capturing Trees, 2008
HD video colour with sound, 16:9
7 minutes, 25 seconds
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/Mel_O_Callaghan_MO0813003.jpg)
To The End, 2007
HD video, random flash programme, color with sound, 16:9
Indefinite time
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/Mel_O_Callaghan_MO0713002.jpg)
To The End, 2007
HD video, random flash programm, color with sound, 16:9
Indefinite time
Installation Museo Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal, 2013
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1145.jpg)
Somewhere, 2005
HD video, colour with sound, 16.9
3'18"
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1035.jpg)
The Fall, 2004
HD video colour with sound, 4:3
4 minutes, 15 seconds
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/Mel_O_Callaghan.jpg)
Parade, 2016
Performance/Installation
Ladders, pulleys, ropes, objects
8 x 30 x 12 m, length variable
Photo : Ricardo Lamin
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
Palais de Tokyo, 2016
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1037.jpg)
Woe Implores Go
Performance/Installation
Ladders, pulleys, ropes, objects
8 x 30 x 12 m, length variable
Photo : Ricardo Lamin
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
Performance, Palais de Tokyo, 2016
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1156.jpg)
Going over, Going under
Performance/Installation
Pulleys, ropes
Variable dimensions, variable length
Performance Nuit Blanche, Paris, 2016 / Photo : Maureen Muse
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1146.jpg)
Going over, Going under, 2016
Pulleys, ropes
Variable dimensions, variable length
Photo : Maureen Muse
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
Performance, Nuit Blanche, Paris, 2016
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1147.jpg)
Parade, 2014
Steel, wood, rope, performers
20m x 5m x 5m
Photo: Stephen Ward
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
Commissioned for the 19th Biennale of Sydney
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_458.jpg)
Time to Act, 2014
Performance, 45 performers
Variable time
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_460.jpg)
Endgame, 2012
Performance with diatomite stone
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
Performance at ACCA The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1149.jpg)
MOONS (03), 2010
Pigment print on superior matte paper 250g
Image: 100 x 100 cm
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1011.jpg)
Balance of the Day, 2011
Lamda photographic print
Image: 180 x 100 cm
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/Mel_O_Callaghan_MO1113006.jpg)
Dangerous looking-back, 2015
White clay, mirror, wood, steel
120 x 80 x 74.5 cm
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1158.jpg)
Dangerous looking-back (#4, 6, 9), 2015
White clay
45 x 30 x 6 cm
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1153.jpg)
Framework, 2014
Clear pine, steel
727 cm x 173 cm x 195 cm / dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_485.jpg)
Over Lines, 2007
Tents, lines, weights
450 x 400 cm
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_27.jpg)
All In One Day, 2007
Ice, water, acrylic plastic, steel, compressor motor
Variable dimension
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
![Mel O'Callaghan Mel O'Callaghan](/cspdocs/artwork/images/mel_o_callaghan_galerie_allen_1031.jpg)