Katy B Plummer, Margaret and the Grey Mare (detail of video still), 2023

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MARGARET AND THE GREY MARE

Katy B Plummer
Music by Sally Whitwell

March 8 2025 — June 22 2025

Margaret and the Grey Mare is an opera, a fever dream about an opera, and an immersive video installation. It was made in collaboration with a chatbot, coded to act as a channel to an ancient Celtic land spirit. The project takes place in a nameless forest at the height of the European witch-trials, and explores the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence as oracle, witchcraft as a feminist framework, and the troubling gifts passed down through lineage.

Development of the work was supported by Vitalstatistix as part of Adhocracy 2022, a Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Touring Exhibition. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.