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West Space West Space is an independent, non-profit contemporary arts organisation in Naarm (Melbourne) supporting timely work by artists in Australia.

Housed within multi-arts precinct Collingwood Yards. Open Wed to Fri, 11am to 6pm, and Sat, 12 to 4pm. For three decades, West Space has produced and presented art and ideas by Australian and international artists. We operate as a contemporary art gallery, a commissioning organisation, and as a space to build communities around art and ideas. West Space strives to be internationally relevant whilst remaining responsive to our context, our communities and the practices of local artists.

๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜.Image: ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, 2026, for ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ...
16/10/2026

๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜.

Image: ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, 2026, for ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, installation view, West Space. Photography by Janelle Low.

West Space is taking part in AusArt Day, a national day of fundraising for the arts on Thursday 22 October 2026.

Image: 2025-26 West Space artist-in-residence, ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, 2026, performance, Collingwood Yards. Photography by Thomas McCammon.

Help us reach our 2026 goal of $40,000 with a tax deductible donation. We are halfway there!

Image: ๐—ก๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, 2026, for ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, installation view, West Space. Photography by Janelle Low.

๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€. Your contributionโ€”big or smallโ€”enables us to commission artists to make and share new work, within an environment of artistic freedom.

Image: ๐—”๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, 2025, for ๐˜ณ๐˜ถฬ„๐˜ฉฬฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ-๐˜ณ๐˜ถฬ„๐˜ฉฬฃ โ€“ ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ขฬ„๐˜ฏ, installation view, West Space. Photography by Janelle Low.

๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€. Your contributionโ€”big or smallโ€”enables us to commission artists to make and share new work, within an environment of artistic freedom.

Image: ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, 2025 West Space Commission, ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, installation view, West Space. Photography by Janelle Low.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?

In the last๏ปฟ two years, we have:

Supported 344 artists to present their work
Commissioned 75 new artworks
Toured or upscaled 6 Commissions
Mentored 6 artists in our Studio
Commissioned 33 writers and 3 print publications
Established a new artist development program
Delivered 64 performance and discussion programs

Image: Light reflecting from ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ, ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, 2025, for ๐˜ณ๐˜ถฬ„๐˜ฉฬฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ-๐˜ณ๐˜ถฬ„๐˜ฉฬฃ โ€“ ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ขฬ„๐˜ฏ, in

Congratulations to ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚ on her presentation in the 18th Biennale of Lyon, France, 19 September โ†’ 13 December!Fo...
11/10/2026

Congratulations to ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚ on her presentation in the 18th Biennale of Lyon, France, 19 September โ†’ 13 December!

Following her West Space Commission ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ earlier this year, Stefanou generously gifted usโ€”and Collingwood Yardsโ€”two coins which are permanent embedded in the courtyard.

Taking the backgammon board as a starting point, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ asks how we meet one another, and what we risk in the process. On this work, ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚ says,

โ€œ[๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ] is a hybrid object: the civic body and its infrastructural mechanisms, the pressure of voices for/against state actions, a sun dial, a backgammon piece, and a portal to the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, the founding city, a โ€˜sanctuary cityโ€™, where my lover lives - here, compressed in earth.โ€


Romanie Harper
Biennale de Lyon โ€” Art
Collingwood Yards

Images: ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚, [๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ], 2026, concrete, developed with artistic collaborator Romanie Harper, in situ in the Collingwood Yards courtyard; Tina Stefanou performing within ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ in March, 2025; installation details. Photography by Janelle Low and Machiko Abe.

Out now on West Space Offsite, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ on ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ดโ€™s site-specific installation in West Space Window.โ€œ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š:...
08/10/2026

Out now on West Space Offsite, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ on ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ดโ€™s site-specific installation in West Space Window.

โ€œ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ is less like a TV screen, and more like a dollhouse. Mythology is arranged to teem and stutter from inside: a chimera, just hatched, a beanstalk, through a doll-like silhouette an iPod stuttering frames from a new film.โ€

Read the essay in full on Offsite ๐Ÿ’ญ

๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ is showing in the West Space Window until 19 October. Viewable during all collingwoodyards open hours, on the facade of our gallery on Level 1, Perry Street Building.
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Laura Luciana

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ is a cross-disciplinary writer and founding co-director of Season, an ARI on nagunda gurad, Gadigal land. She earnt her Art Theory Honours from UNSW A&D as a scholar of jerking off and co-created Vanity Project, a podcast about obsession and obscenity.

Images: Installation details, West Space Window by Janelle Low.

๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ | ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿ’ญJoin us for a day of sharing and discussion to close out the final week of ๐˜ญ๐˜ข...
05/10/2026

๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ | ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿ’ญ

Join us for a day of sharing and discussion to close out the final week of ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ โ†’ ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ๐—บ

The artist symposium will feature artist talks, knowledge sharing, performance, chai and chaat with:

โ€ข ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ discussing ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข alongside contributor Hayden Ryan

โ€ข ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป discussing the various musings, failures and research that filtered into Unable to rest because unable to know

โ€ข A presentation by internationally based ๐—ก๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ who will share the process and research that informed ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด.

โ€ข Performances expressing modalities of language by invited artists ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ ๐—˜๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ถ, ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ & ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐˜€, and ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ-๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ with more to be announced!

Tickets by donation at the link in our bio ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ’Œ
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This event is presented as part of Creative Australia AusArt Day, a nation-wide call to support the art that impacts you with a tax deductible donation.

While West Space endeavours to provide free programming throughout our artistic program, we are often required to request registration to cover costs associated with ensuring we can continue supporting artists and providing these types of gatherings. Pay what you can/want ๐Ÿซฐ

Limited edition artwork available in the West Space Shop ๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿ’—๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, 2021, pigment in...
04/10/2026

Limited edition artwork available in the West Space Shop ๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿ’—

๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, 2021, pigment ink-jet print, 130 x 86.6 cm (framed).

๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ explores Black life, safety, and representation by featuring two figures in green maxi dresses, aiming to validate Black joy and existence against colonial violence. Winner of the 2022 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award and in the ArtBank collection.

๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ is a Congolese-born artist who approaches the political with a deeply poetic sensibility. Across photography, film, installation and performance, toaishara contends with the effects of colonialism on Africa and its diaspora and how, in turn, it has shaped an image history.

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๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ด๐—ผ, ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ pin

These pins are produced from the material offcuts of ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ด๐—ผโ€™s artwork, ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, 2023, transforming what would otherwise be waste into small, wearable artworks. In repurposing the leftover timber, Ngo draws attention to the environmental footprint of artmaking while extending his inquiry into the racialised structures underpinning imperialism, philanthropy and global capitalism.

๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ด๐—ผโ€™s practice is concerned with the interpretation of history, memory and place. The artist frequently works with collections of archival material, oral histories or found objects, which he describes as โ€˜someone elseโ€™s work or possessionsโ€™. Drawing on the experiences of both his family and the wider Vietnamese diaspora, Phuong investigates the cultural, social and political factors that impact personal and collective identity.

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๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด and ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, 2023, archival pigment print, 58 x 38.7 cm (framed). Edition 1/5 + 3AP.

๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ is a composition of water, light, body and fabric, photographed on vacation with my mother in a pool. Sensory and emotional worlds o

Welcoming ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ to the ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ as she begins her six-month residency and mentorship.Ella Ferris is a Tar...
01/10/2026

Welcoming ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ to the ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ as she begins her six-month residency and mentorship.

Ella Ferris is a Taribelang writer and performer who has written for the Australian Good Food Guide, Broadsheet, the Emerging Writers Festival, Fashion Journal, Meanjin and more. In 2024, Ferris was the inaugural recipient of the Meanjin inPlace Autumn Residency, where she wrote her first memoir, Crocodile.

We look forward to sharing her writing in the coming months.

princess ella

With Ella moving in, West Space farewells outgoing artist-in-residence ๐—ญ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜.

It has been a pleasure to support Zainab as she tested and reflected on the core themes and possibilities within her practice.

On the experience, she says:

โ€œI am so grateful to have received the opportunity to take part in the West Space Studio residency. Going in, I was hoping to spend the concentrated six month period developing my practice and to receive some professional support developing things like my writing and research.

What I ended up receiving was more than I had expected - in many ways the experience felt similar to what I imagine gallery representation would feel like. The incredible team at West Space (alongside external sector professionals they connected me with) provided ongoing support and encouragement that has continued well beyond the residency.

West Spaceโ€™s support has made a huge difference. One of the things I loved about the program was that you can focus on specific elements of your artistic career alongside sector professionals who mentor and guide you in the process. I am eternally grateful for the continued generosity and support that West Space has given me during and beyond the program.โ€

Zainab Hikmet

Image: Zainab Hikmetโ€™s work in the West Space Studio, photograph by the artist, September 2026.

Earlier this month, we welcomed ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ to the ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ as she begins her six-month residency and mentorshi...
01/10/2026

Earlier this month, we welcomed ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ to the ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ as she begins her six-month residency and mentorship.

Ella Ferris is a Taribelang writer and performer who has written for the Australian Good Food Guide, Broadsheet, the Emerging Writers Festival, Fashion Journal, Meanjin and more. In 2024, Ferris was the inaugural recipient of the Meanjin inPlace Autumn Residency, where she wrote her first memoir, Crocodile.

We look forward to sharing her writing in the coming months.

With Ella moving in, West Space farewells outgoing artist-in-residence ๐—ญ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜.

It has been a pleasure to support Zainab as she tested and reflected on the core themes and possibilities within her practice. On the experience, she says:

โ€œI am so grateful to have received the opportunity to take part in the West Space Studio residency. Going in, I was hoping to spend the concentrated six month period developing my practice and to receive some professional support developing things like my writing and research.

What I ended up receiving was more than I had expected - in many ways the experience felt similar to what I imagine gallery representation would feel like. The incredible team at West Space (alongside external sector professionals they connected me with) provided ongoing support and encouragement that has continued well beyond the residency.

West Spaceโ€™s support has made a huge difference. One of the things I loved about the program was that you can focus on specific elements of your artistic career alongside sector professionals who mentor and guide you in the process.

I am eternally grateful for the continued generosity and support that West Space has given me during and beyond the program.โ€

Image: Zainab Hikmetโ€™s work in the West Space Studio, photograph by the artist, September 2026.

๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ดโ€™s ๅฝญๅฆ็ผ‡ new site-specific work ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ is now showing in the West Space Window. Here...
30/09/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ดโ€™s ๅฝญๅฆ็ผ‡ new site-specific work ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ is now showing in the West Space Window.

Here, the Window is likened to our screens: both mediate inside andย out,ย a static frame through which variables move, and meaning is projected. We gaze and assign emotion, constructing narratives from the surface. While the social, political and economic architectures shift invisibly and we adapt.ย Through our devices, we occupy an overlapping terrain, both public and private, intimate and performative. Each swipe or post becomes a negotiation between self-presentation and surveillance.ย The opposite of invisibility is no longer being seen.

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Presented 12 September โ†’ 19 October, ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ was created with support from collaborators Henry Black as the structural engineer and a special thank you to Jesse Vega. This project is supported by NSW Government through CreateNSW. In 2026, the West Space Window is supported by the Yarra City Arts Yarra City Council ๐Ÿ‘‹

Images: yanti โ™ช , ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ, 2026. Installation view, West Space Window. Photography by Janelle Low

๐—ก๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™s ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด seeks to relate the intimate, interior sensations and mythologies of the Tamil language to the ...
24/09/2026

๐—ก๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™s ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด seeks to relate the intimate, interior sensations and mythologies of the Tamil language to the broader, sometimes obscured territorial phenomena that have shaped its existence in Tamil Nadu, India. These photographic pictograms feature colloquial gestures and daily objects alongside archival excerpts referencing the Coromandel coast, the Musa Genus plant variety and records of proto-Dravidian script. Presented as a triptych, the work acknowledges how the nostalgic and kinetic worldโ€”perpetuated through Tamilโ€”was formed within the grain of plural flows and collective nodes rather than an originary singularity.

Now showing as part of ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™, curated by ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.

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๐—ก๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ is an interdisciplinary researcher of South Indian Tamil-descent. Raised in Melbourne, Australia, she currently resides in Goa, India. Working across performance, photography, installation and writing, Nithya seeks to investigate how the body, and the body-in-motion, relates to notions of inheritance and territory.

Images: Nithya Iyer, ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, 2026, installation view, ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™, West Space, Collingwood Yards. Photography by Janelle Low

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ is a new film and mixed-media installation by ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป that tells the story of a y...
23/09/2026

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ is a new film and mixed-media installation by ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป that tells the story of a young woman embarking on a pilgrimage as an act of atonement. As she looks for guidance in the mountains, the young woman slowly transforms into another nonhuman figure, while a narrator deliberates to the viewer on the metamorphic pain of consequence.ย 

โ€œThe film considers pilgrimage as both a physical and psychological movement through uncertainty, asking how faith can persist after rupture. With its title taken from a line in F***y Howeโ€™s Saving History, this new work is underpinned by my ongoing investigation into doubt, the figure of the spiralling mystic in French Christian history, its colonial legacy in Vietnam and how the language and traditions of faith were fundamentally changed by colonial intervention.โ€
- ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป

Combining voice, bat echolocation recordings, film and installation, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ reconfigures a range of texts and research from national and historical narratives into a new and uncanny story, revealing the inventive possibilities of using language as a means of building a counterhistory.

Now showing as part of ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™, curated by ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.
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๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป is a research-based writer and artist, whose works span essay, installation, sound and the moving image. She is interested in how the unseen and intuited can open dormant paths for truth and relation, with her early work exploring failures of language and expression. Her current research interests are histories of independent filmmaking and Vietnamese theology, with her current project looking at French Christian mysticism and its colonial reverberations in Vietnam.

Images: Chi, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, 2026, installation view, Victorian ash timber, wood stain, oil, 16:10 monitor, parabolic speaker, video (6 minutes), audio, 933 x 931 x 130mm. Photography by Janelle Low

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