As ArtsHub has previously noted, festivals in Australian cities outside of Melbourne and Sydney have the advantage of having smaller geographical hubs for easy access to the events in their line-up. Perth is no exception to this – especially considering its neatly planned arts precinct with the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), State Theatre of WA, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), the Blue Room Theatre, State Library and WA Museum Boola Bardip are all within a stone’s throw of each other.
Johnson also thinks deeply about natural rhythms and the extent to which humans have tried to create artificial ones, unlike the fruit bats familiar to many Melburnians – as they travel across the city’s skies nightly to feed and migrate with the seasons – beautifully captured in her hanging work, Little others.
