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Diana Baker Smith Falling Towards Another (A Score for the Void)

Events Feb 9 - Jan 19 2025 PICA — Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

51 James St, Perth, WA 6000
9228 6300

Description

Falling Towards Another (A Score for the Void) by Gadigal (Sydney)-based artist Diana Baker Smith is the second Judy Wheeler Commission, PICA’s annual series of site-specific works.

For this new commission, Baker Smith has created a graphic score and live performance in response to PICA’s iconic first-floor mezzanine level. The balcony corridor overlooks PICA’s Central Gallery and acts as an internal circulation loop, linking the administrative offices with shared spaces and artist studios.

Illustrated at scale across the vast expanse of PICA’s mezzanine walls, Baker Smith’s score draws on PICA’s historical archive of architectural drawings and photographs of the building. Baker Smith considers the building a historical palimpsest, an accumulation of architectural adaptations that extend from its original construction in 1896 as the Government School to its present-day establishment as a contemporary art space (PICA). Consisting of trailing ellipsis points and lines painted directly onto the walls, Falling Towards Another (A Score for the Void) prompts audiences to consider the particularities of this distinctive space and directs our attention towards its historical layers, architectural interventions and absences and reconfigurations.

For the live performance on Saturday 10 February, Baker Smith has collaborated with Boorloo-based choreographer, Sofie Burgoyne and local dancers Emma Fishwick and Isabella Stone.

Details

Event date: Feb 9 - Jan 19 2025

Ticket Price Information: Free

Time(s): 10am–5pm

Event Venue: PICA — Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Accessibility: Wheelchair access

Ticket on-sale date: 31 Jan 2024

Art exhibitions: Other exhibitions

Other: Free events

Location

PICA — Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
51 James St, Perth, WA 6000

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