“Gatetopia: fences, creatures and conforming”
Fressie (f3ral), Aisyah Kirana and Mason Cremasco
6 Feb → 25 Feb 2026
Window
Artists in residence at Yarra Youth Services take over the West Space Window with a new playful collaboration rejecting gatekeeping and embracing authenticity in the arts.
Drawing from their shared experiences as young creatives, artists Fressie (f3ral), Aisyah Kirana and Mason Cremasco reflect on the pressures to conform, shrink, or earn permission exist in particular spaces.
Gatetopia: fences, creatures and conforming playfully interrogates the visible and the invisible barriers that might make us mute or mask the full spectrum of individuality, leading to an erosion of identity and sense of self.
Taking up every inch of the Window and spilling onto the windows of the West Space office, the installation offers a counter to this experience - inviting us to reclaim our unapologetic, authentic selves.
The West Space Window is supported by the City of Yarra. This project forms part of West Space's ongoing collaboration with Yarra Youth Services, Fitzroy.
Program
Opening celebration, Fri 6 Feb, 4.30 → 9pm
Our 2026 West Space Window program launches with a performance by Aisyah Kirana on our balcony, beside the Window.
Followed by West Space Artist Night downstairs at Hope St Radio with DJs from Yarra Youth, BORN LUCKY, ANNIE KEZ and Melodysrival.
Fressie (f3ral) is a silversmith and printmaker who draws inspiration from the ornaments and fabric of the urban environment, inspired by her career as an urban planner. Focusing on materiality, she creates dialogues between crafted objects and the individual experience to reveal how place and memory influence personal connection.
Aisyah Kirana is a multidisciplinary artist with an intuitive-led practice, working across performance, object, and manifesto. Focusing on the intersections of embodiment and ontology, she uses her body as a medium, Kirana’s own muse, and a translator to play, pray, and as a way to see the world.
Mason Cremasco is an animator who makes hand-drawn, stop motion, and collage, blending traditional and experimental methods to tell distinctive visual stories. With a commitment to community engagement and creating work that resonates personally and collectively, Cremasco explores relationships, drama-comedy, queer narratives, and community dynamics. Influenced by experimental animation and surrealism, Cremasco’s storytelling emerges from a love of building movement and form from nothing, embracing the limitless potential of mixed media.
