NGV ACQUIRES HAYLEY MILLAR BAKER’S VIDEO WORK, ENTR’ACTE

Congratulations to Hayley Millar Baker, whose video work Entr’acte has recently been acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Entr’acte sits between silent moving image portraiture and performance, and channels the sudden internal feelings of rage and its transformation into grief. Taking its title from the French word ‘Entr’acte’ – referring to an interlude performed between two acts of a play – Entr’acte centres a female protagonist cast as a vessel symbolising ‘woman’, holding the inequitable weight women are forced to carry and contend with daily, across the multitude of experiences, identities, and roles they play.

Entr’acte is available to view as part of the Between Waves exhibition, now on display at Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart.

Image: Hayley Millar Baker, Entr’acte 2O23, 11:2O minute single channel video. Image: Andrew Curtis.