The National 2021: New Australian Art

This project was supported by the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney. This project was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. Agatha Gothe-Snape by Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley ‘When you’re not present what remains?’ (1) There is a squiggly blob. Lines wiggle within the splattered shape, like neurons. The squiggle is virtual, a repository of text uttered and heard. Standing either side are two doorways, drawn ajar. They appear as portals, one opening onto the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the other to Carriageworks. The drawn lines trace Every Act of Reading Performs...