Storey

Storey was a fully-immersive installation, which saw the empty Counihan Gallery, Melbourne transformed into the lobby of a surrealist luxury hotel named, ‘The Anatol’, referencing a book of the same name by Arthur Schnitzler about the adventures of a careless womaniser. The gallerists wore costumes for the duration of the exhibition, with newly assigned identities; Nick Carraway and Norma Jean. Within the hypnotic space, the sound of an orchestra tuning its instruments looped, in amongst the background music—Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear' by The Carpenters. Storey was a living capsule of the capitalist dream inspired by Grace's artist residency to the Antarctic.