Throughout 2010 and 2011 West Space presented The West Wing, an experimental art project space within Melbourne Central.

The West Wing was a Melbourne Central and West Space partnership. In late 2009 we were approached by Melbourne Central to ascertain our interest in inhabiting retail space as a satellite art space. West Space was pleased to take up an opportunity that would enable free space for artists in the city. We felt that The West Wing offered unique possibilities for artists and audiences, as well as offering shoppers something different to the retail experience ubiquitous to the area. The West Wing represents an interesting and innovative partnership between GPT, a large corporation, and West Space, a small not-for-profit experimental art space.

West Space received a great response from artists to its public call for proposals for The West Wing. We called for projects in any form – such as exhibitions, performances, audiovisual projects, artist talks, research projects or onsite ‘artist in residence’ programs – wanting to be as responsive as possible to artists’ ideas and we programmed a diverse and experimental calendar to the end of January 2011.

Download the West Wing Program here

The West Wing was supported by the Australia Council, Arts Victoria and City of Melbourne.