Ramona Billie Lola Richardson

Created by Tobias Richardson and Hayley West
DOB: 18 March 2010, 3.31pm, weight 3.035kg
Our beautiful Tiger Pisces girl x



photo by my wonderful friend and photographer Fiona Morrison x

'After the Gold Rush' at GRANTPIRRIE

opening 11 March, 2010
if in Sydney go have a drink for me!
i can't make it as i'm expected to lay the golden egg that weekend...

website links:
GRANTPIRRIE Gallery Sydney
ART MONTH Sydney website
ART MONTH Sydney blog

the so far news for 2010

*After the Gold Rush:
GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney - 11 March to 17 April
*give birth:
expected date - 13 March
*Asialink Residency:
Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila Philippines - June & July CANCELLED
*Diversion:
Platform RBWH, Museum of Brisbane public art commission, Brisbane
10 September to 10 December
*Australia Council Residency:
ACME Studios, London UK - November, December, January

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

immemorial - reaching back beyond memory

...is a unique collaboration and dialogue between Northern Territory artists and Indonesian artists. The curatorial rationale of immemorial seeks to investigate commonalities of people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, as they consider their ancestral histories and their present notions of cultural identity.

Exhibition and public forums at Roommate and iCAN, Yogyakarta, opening 14 November, running to 23 December.


My immigrant parents longed to be part of post-colonial Australian history, ignoring London and our sketchy Yenish heritage. Creating a new life in Australia involved constantly acquiring new possessions and attempting to eliminate accents. This work refers to my research into the vestigial, the remnants left behind from the death of loved ones.

Darwin Artists: Tobias Richardson, Hayley West, Min Wong, Jenny Fraser, and Catriona Stanton. Yogyakarta Artists: Wimo Ambala Bayang, Maryanto, Carolina Rika, Lashita Situmorang, and Sigit Bapak. Curators: Sudjud Dartanto (Yogyakarta) & Steve Eland (Darwin). A project initiated by 24hr Art - Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art. immemorial blog

immemorial, Yogyakarta

After the Gold Rush
installation shot at the opening

le 1er festival de video performance de Marseille, France

My work CAN has been selected for the 1st Video Performance Video Festival, Marseille. 16 to 23 November 2009


Selected Artists:
Alex van Jaber, Andreas Pashias, Anna Biskov, Chris Dupuis, Eleonora Giglione, Esther Achaernando, Francisko Orallo, Francisko Gonzales Castro, Fumiko Matsuyama, Giuseppe di Bella, Hayley West, Ignacio Martin, Juan Ji, Kate Tessa Lee, Marta Moreno Munoz, Mauro Romito, Nina Lassila, Pauline Payen, Roland Wegerer, Sabrina Harri, Sergio Cruz, Sinani Gunes, Suzanne Caines, Steef van Lent, Tooraj Khamenehzadeh, Zoe Gruni, Kai-Oi Jay Yung

1st Video Performance Video Festival, Marseille France 2009

Mediamatic Travel Launch

LAUNCH: Friday 16 October, 8pm - Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Mediamatic Travel, a new DIY network to travel to the contemporary art worldwide. It consists of a Travel website, the exhibition at Amsterdam Biennale 2009 and the Mediamatic Travel catalogue Bestemmingen 2010. Mediamatic Travel website

Meet your Darwin Tour Guide: Hayley West!
Guide: Hayley West, Trip: Darwin=Hot

Working in the arts? Planning a trip? 45 euros will get you a consultation session of an expert guide at your destination. This is not your average travel network. Here we work together to help each other to find our way in the contemporary arts scenes in our respective cities. Mediamatic Travel is a collaboration between Mediamatic and Partizan Publik.

The Gleaners

a lost glove project (Paris/Darwin)


61 lost gloves found in Paris have been distributed to 61 artists, writers, psychologists and musicians to create their glove’s missing half, completing the pair.

Gleaned by Hayley West, Tobias Richardson & Asha Richardson
Inspired by Jean-François Millet.

Dates: 25 September to 17 October 2009
Opening: Friday 25 September, 6pm
DEAF Space, DVAA, 56 Woods Street, Darwin NT 0801

SAINTS vs CATS AFL GRAND FINAL!!!

Footy hotshots a Territory artform
Picture: NICK WELSH (NT News)
IN MELBOURNE football is a religion but in Darwin it could be argued it is closer to art... SAINTS vs CATS AFL GRAND FINAL!!! September 26th, 2009.

unfortunately not the result we hoped for: Cats 12.8 (80) d Saints 9.14 (68)

Clothes Drying, India (Paris 2008)

Togart (NT) Contemporary Art Award 2009
2 to 18 September, opening Thursday 3 September, 6pm
Parliament House, State Square, Darwin NT

Clothes Drying, India (Paris 2008) is part of an ongoing watercolour series derived from photographs taken of clothes drying on riverbanks from around the world. Sometimes in the hundreds, newly washed clothes lay side by side in an unknown order, a public presentation of private duties. Interest lies in the traces of presence, and what is left behind.

image is a detail

The Black Show

The Black Show
Darren Sylvester, Rob McHaffie, Tara Gilbee, Nevada Duffy, Rob McLeish, Brigid Healy, Angela Thirlwell, Lisa Benson, Hayley West, Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, Greg Spiller, Tim Sterling, Riki Metisse Marlow, Jon Butt, Eleanor Butt, Pip Davey, Kent Wilson, The White Trash of Asia, Rozalind Drummond, Gabriel Carazo, Mila Faranov

What is this Black?
For the artists participating we asked them to look at black from the centre of their own practice. The possibility exists to explore black as an emotive language or in its literal tome or perhaps re-configuring it in a philosophical sense. All of these possibilities are encouraged.

c3 contemporary art space
Abbotsford Convent St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
22 July (opening 6pm) to 09 August 2009

Vestigial Loss

In his publication On the Origin of Species (1859) Charles Darwin referred to the vestigial organs of our anatomy and their role in the theory of evolution. Like wisdom teeth and the appendix, what was once necessary for survival, now merely exists as a reminder of what has been lost. With the death of loved ones, the traces left behind are persistent. Vestigial Loss explores how death can influence the understanding and sanity of what remains.

This is a exhibition of thoughts from a recent residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.

Showing at DEAF Space, 56 Woods Street, Darwin, NT

5-27 June, 2009 (opening Friday 5 June, 6pm)

Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard)

Michael has written my life story and posted it today on his blog. I was very detailed with my answers to his questions, so it's curious what parts of my life he chose to use for his project.

See what you think --------------------------------------------->
#171 Hayley West: The Build Up

welcome home

more verlan - the art of parisian slang

métro = tromé/trom
truc = keutru = stuff
cigarette = garetci/garo
gentil = tigen = friendly
enervé = vénèr = angry
moche = cheum = ugly
mater = téma = to check out someone
vas-y = zyva = come on!
carrot = rotca = being deceived by someone

Tidy Town (Paris)

verlan - the art of parisian slang

verlan is l'envers (opposite) cut up and reversed
words learnt so far:
l'herbe = beuh = pot
mec = keum = guy
femme = meuf = chick
chien = niche = stupid looking dog (i made that one up)
actually, it's ienche

wave pool anticipation

Anula, NT
October 2008

exist in 08

exist in 08 is a set of Live Art explorations, collaborations, installations, performances and forums held at five sites across Queensland. Go to the website for details - i'm in the performance dvd program -
exist in 08

Me and my Gold Nugget (after Holterman)

Jean Belette's cottage
Hill End, NSW
Artist in-Residence program through the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
April-May 2008

CAN - the book

This book is a collection of images from an artist in-residence experience at 'Lost Generation Space' Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2008. The images are from the performance/installation for 'Bangun – Abandon Project' (Feb. 1-2-3) and around the abandoned buildings site. CAN transforms the forgotten into the precious. Years of fallen, dirty debris are carefully wrapped for the audience to take away as a souvenir of an abandoned piece of KL history. The souvenirs and myself are protected from further deterioration by plastic, fruity tablecloths.

you can buy it from lulu.com

CAN - the performance

it's a bit fuzzy, but here's a video link:

CAN - a research project


I'll try and upload a better quality one....

Bangun - Abandon Project

the space before i moved in:

Bangun - Abandon Project

During my residency at Lost Generation Space (KL, Malaysia), i will be participating in this project - click here for updates - Lost Generation Space

Bangun – Abandon Project is an installation and performance project by 25 artists from Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and the UK, responding to the large abandoned site situated at the end of Lorong Permai.






Dates of exhibition: Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd February, 2008
Opening times: 4.30pm-7pm
Opening night - Saturday 2nd February After the last group has come back from the site, a discussion about the project will take place back at Lost Generation Space from 7.30pm-8pm. From 8pm till late, the opening will continue.
How it works: Please come to Lost Generation first, from there a volunteer will escort a group up to the site. BYO torch, umbrella and wear sensible shoes. Entry is by donation.
Address: Lost Generation Space, 11 Lorong Permai, off Jalan Syed Putra, Robson Heights, 50460, Kuala Lumpur.

Artist Talk at Lost Generation

Saturday January 5, 2008 (8pm)

each night

in my venice apartment i am taking photos of my washing drying, i have no tv or internet...

interpositions - performance art

See performances that happened during the Darwin Festival 2007:
24 HR Art performance events



Exchange Stall (Hayley West) - photos taken by Juliana Yasin

First performance: 11th August Parap Market 10am-12noon
Second performance: 16th August Mindil Beach Markets 5-8pm

Tunnel - self portrait

Tunnel – self portrait is part of a series that focuses on the notion of stranger in a strange place; the challenges and outcomes of spending time in new and foreign lands. I am interested in exploring concepts of disengagement from place and self, and the notion of homesickness, and familiarity.

photograph type c
Togart Contemporary Art Award, Parliament House, Darwin
10 July-1 August, 2007

The Landlord

24 HR Art - NT Centre for Contemporary Art
The Box Set March 2007

The Landlord is a project exploring memory, memorial and the attempt to forget: A found photograph, with a deliberate ‘cut-out’ of an expelled individual, and a corresponding sculptural form mirroring the missing face.

(sculpture made from my late mother's pillow cases, photograph found in Taipei, Taiwan)

a sentence?

i found this in a park many years ago.
i think it is a sentence, but what language i'm not sure.

Karaoke Bedlam in QLD

ah brisvegas, what a hoot! the APT, MAAP & IMA events and openings, the continous champagne with straws, the avocado sushi performance, the trains... endless amusement!

Dear Hayley,
Thank you for auditioning for the Australian youth choir. Unfortunately, at this time your application has been unsuccessful. We had an overwhelming response at auditions, and there were hundreds of high quality applicants, but unfortunately only one position was to be offered. Your performance was promising, and with continued practice, we believe that one day you will be one of the lucky children to tour with us. We would like to encourage you to audition with us again in the future, and keep in mind it is extremely rare for us to accept a child on first audition. Membership of the choir is a very competitive and challenging role, and unfortunately this time you were not quite up to scratch. Thank you, and good luck with all of your future endeavours.
Sincerely,
spat+loogie (on behalf of AYC)
www.spatnloogie.com

kieren & hayley

Watch This Space Inc. & DVAA Inc. - a Tour de Force!!

photos from 'Alternative Endings' BELOW.

Alternative Endings

an exhibition by Hayley West & Tobias Richardson
Watch This SPACE Inc. (Alice Springs) Sept 22 – Oct 13, 2006

Alternative Endings is a culmination of works created during the 2005-06 trip to Burma, and back home in Australia. The works recontectualise materials and experiences from this country.

photos by Kieren Sanderson

click here to see the HAPPY WORLD video
a film by Tobias Richardson & Hayley West