Angelica Mesiti
ASSEMBLY
5th November 2022 – 29th January 2023
National Gallery of Australia
In ASSEMBLY, Mesiti probes the nature of connection. She uses a stenographic machine to transpose into shorthand Australian writer David Malouf’s To Be Written in Another Tongue (1976). These notes become the basis of a musical score by Australian composer Max Lyandvert and a dance performance by the First Nations choreographer Deborah Brown. In the work, these are performed by musicians and dancers who represent the many ancestries that make up contemporary Australia.
Project 3: Angelica Mesiti: ASSEMBLY was commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts on the occasion of the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, and was curated by Juliana Engberg.
Images
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Angelica Mesiti
ASSEMBLY, 2019
(still) three-channel video installation in architectural amphitheater HD video projections, colour, six-channel mono sound
25 minutes
Commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts on the occasion of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/Angelica-Mesiti-ASSEMBLY-2019-8.jpg)
Angelica Mesiti
ASSEMBLY, 2019
(still) three-channel video installation in architectural amphitheater HD video projections, colour, six-channel mono sound
25 minutes
Commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts on the occasion of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Photo: Josh Raymond
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/MESITI_9079_Assembly_2019_still08_100dpi.jpg)
Angelica Mesiti
ASSEMBLY, 2019
(still) three-channel video installation in architectural amphitheater HD video projections, colour, six-channel mono sound
25 minutes
Commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts on the occasion of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/MESITI_9079_Assembly_2019_still07_100dpi.jpg)
Angelica Mesiti
ASSEMBLY, 2019
(still) three-channel video installation in architectural amphitheater HD video projections, colour, six-channel mono sound
25 minutes
Commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts on the occasion of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia