West Space
“Performance: sorry I was so hungry” Andrea Illés
In Stranger than fiction, Andrea Illés plays with absence and presence with a project in multiple parts. For the first month of the exhibition, the Naarm/Melbourne based performance artist will be represented by a video connection between the gallery and her West Space Studio.
From Friday 9 August – Friday 16 August, this work will be activated by a multi-day performance viewable in-person in her studio and transcribed by a screen in the gallery. The audience can make the choice how we wish to view her. At West Space, the stage is set on a humble computer screen, sitting on the threshold between the office and the gallery. We anticipate her stepping into view at any moment.
Andrea writes,
“With this work, I focus on the Sisyphean task of making image and atmosphere that translates self-concept. I am interested in the ephemerality of understanding and relational connection and my own relentless desire for these things to be sustained. I am looking to classical sculpture, myth, and my own culture and experiences to expand how a body, it’s stories, and its failures can be comprehended.
With an interested in the relationship between narrative and binaries like deception<>truth; real<>imagined; inside<>outside, I will perform for several consecutive days, methodically translating image and experience. The faltering translations, and the transitions between them, will eventually become a score. I will do this in front of a camera that will act as a mirror. The space will be open to audiences and the flattened image that I make via the camera will livestream to the main gallery at West Space.”
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.