speaking from the I eye #1

Jimmy Nuttall and Stella Kerdraon explore the performance of reality in the first speaking from the I eye program. A screening of two short films by Naarm (Melbourne) based artist Jimmy Nuttall, will be accompanied by the reading of a newly commissioned text by Brussels based artist Stella Kerdraon.

Two ensemble films made with a cast of friends — dancers, actors, artists,
choreographers. Fabulina is a moving image assemblage on communication (and a lack thereof), pastoralism and doubt. Cococonstance follows Coco who shares a home and art studio with friend Jane, and aspires to self-publish an artist book featuring the late Rodney Constance's photographs from a historical gay époque. Both play at the intersection between performance and film, reality and imagined possibility.

Stella Kerdraon responds with a newly commissioned text.

Jimmy Nuttall (born 1990) is based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. He has spent the past decade exploring mediums such as performance, textiles, sculptural installations, and artist-film, in collaborative and playful ways. His artist films, including Fabulina (2019), have garnered recognition in Australia and overseas. This year, Jimmy was selected as an artist in residence at la Cité internationale des arts in Paris, through Creative Australia. In 2023 he presented film work at Composite Moving Image, and Overshare, an arts festival curated by Garden Reflexxx in Naarm (Melbourne). Jimmy studied at la HEAD in Geneva, guided by influential artist mentors from 2019-20. Alongside his art practice Jimmy is a registered Occupational Therapist.

Stella Kerdraon is a prolific touche-à-tout based between Brussels and Paris. She has developed several careers revolving around her main focus, telling stories and dissecting the art of crafting them. Stella’s work consists of text, sound, video and performance-based joyful yet intricate happenings. She is currently completing an MA at Erg, Brussels, and writing her first novel, a dystopian but very daily meta-fiction. As an actress, she has appeared on the big screen in movies including Alexis Langlois' Queens of Drama and Brieuc Schieb's 486. Under her Dj alias Stella K, she has left her mark in clubs, radios and festivals around Europe, including at Tomorrowland, Stereo, Refuge Worldwide, and La Station.