We recognise the unceded land of Mparntwe, Antulye and Irlpme (Alice Springs) within which we live and make. This land belongs to Arrernte people, it always has and always will be.

Anwetne iterlareme apmere nhenhe areye-arle anwernengetyele arkeke Mparntwe, Untulye, Irlpme. Anwetne arle apmere mpwareme-le aneme. Alakenhe akwete-arle aneke, alakenhe akwete-arle aneme.

8 Gap Road Mparntwe (Alice Springs)
NT 0870

We recognise the unceded land of Tyuretye, Mparntwe, Antulye and Irlpme (Alice Springs) within which we live and make. This land belongs to Arrernte people, it always has and always will be.

Welcome to Watch this Space!

Postal address: PO Box 8405
Alice Springs NT 0871

Watch this Space

WTS is operationally supported by the  Northern Territory Government through Arts NT.

WTS is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Watch This Space, Mparntwe–Alice Springs
18/04/2026 – 07/05/2026


Ashleigh Musk, Dancer
Ivan Trigo Miras, Video Artist
Anna Whitaker, Sound Designer


CRISÁLIDA is the Spanish word for chrysalis.
Both artists Ivan and Ash have strong connections to Spain
in particular Catalonia and the Basque Country
where they met
a street photographer
a dancer


An all-seeing blue eye stares through a gossamer cocoon
an all-seeing eye through transparent material
I kid you not


Into something familiar
a dancer moves
reptilian
a fascination for sand
trickling through an hourglass


Infinity suspended by a chain
Time
liquid as treacle


From my kitchen table
this eye follows me
as I write
cook dinner
attempt to
balance
cascading papers

An eye into a rehearsal space
A performing space
where reflections deflections are at play


Sand blasts
a cello screeches
the volume turned down low when the gallery is quiet
to think


Blink
Sand buggies race over dunes
animated by breath
Coins spin backwards
quick release


There is an intimacy
between the flat screen
the mirrored reflections
the hill of shiny material


Limbs stack
light defects other storied places
for multiple epochs
to unfold


There is an intimacy
in negotiating
language

A written review by Wendy Cowan in response to Ash and Ivan's CRISÁLIDA exhibition held at WTS in April 2026.