Agatha Gothe-Snape: Trying to find comfort in an uncomfortable chair

If a collection could dream In December 2018, Agatha Gothe-Snape spent a week at The University of Western Australia’s Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery immersing herself in the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art. Agatha is in another sense already immersed in this collection, which includes her installation Certain Situations/EXPRESSION CURTAIN, 2013; the large-scale performance document and drawing Every Artist Remembered with Elizabeth Pulie, 2009; and a subscription to her ongoing series of PowerPoint animations begun in 2008 and updated at irregular intervals, currently numbering around 50. The tension Agatha (1) feels between her lived experience as an artist and the disembodiment...