West Space
Archie Barry: Wall choreography – Stranger than fiction
Join artist Archie Barry for a once-off performance as part of their new work in Stranger than fiction at West Space, Saturday 3 August, 3pm.
Archie Barry’s Wall choreography brings language to the gallery through lyrical hand movements and live singing. With their hands adorned in fingernails fabricated from multicoloured pencils, Archie sings as they make marks, letters, words and shapes that push and pull the written word apart.
The work will unfold across a pale yellow wall, in harmony with two humming voices emanating at the height of the artists’ mouth, embedded within the gallery walls themselves.
This iteration of Archie’s evolutive work references the life and writing of an important, eccentric and troubling figure in the history of trans organising, Reed Erickson (1917-1992), and forms part of Archie’s ongoing research around a trans ontology of disembodiment, perceptions and sensations of being out-of-body.
Venue
Perry Street Building
Collingwood Yards
Collingwood, 3066
Accessibility
Floor access to the Perry Street Building can be made via the following paths. From 30A Perry Street, a footpath leads to the retail area of Perry St (UG) and courtyard. The Perry Street Lift can be accessed via 30A and 30B Perry Street, allowing access to levels 1 and 2 of Perry Street Building. From Johnston Street access to Perry St Building can be made by crossing the courtyard.
Accessible toilets are located in three areas within the Perry Street Building. On the Upper Ground Level (Level UG) the accessible toilets are located in the service corridor in the northern part of the Building. near the staircase. These toilets are open throughout event hours. On L1 and L2 the toilets are located in the northern part of the building, behind heavy manual blue double doors. All accessible toilets are equipped with manual locks, exit buttons and grab rails.