We Hold You Close: song for material intimacy

A gentle assembly of textile, sound, and video, Yindjibarndi artist Katie West’s immersive exhibition invites us to reconsider our relationship with the natural environment and each other. We Hold You Close offers a space of quiet contemplation in which visitors can rest, listen and make by hand. Visitors are invited to sit, sip a cup of tea and join in the making of hand-twisted string from repurposed fabric. Over the course of the exhibition, the string becomes an ever-expanding support structure made by everyone who has visited. We Hold You Close: song for material intimacy is curated by Eloise Sweetman

Photos by Bo Wong, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.