Tell Distance is a performance piece that intersects choreography and video to glitch dominant narratives of place, offering the excavation of subversive meanings.
The work draws from Nasim’s Honours research at UNSW, studying how colonial narratives impose perspectives of people and place, whilst themselves containing evidence that contradict such impositions.
Tell Distance was first presented at Balmain Town Hall as part of side.step, a new initiative by artist Ella Watson-Heath supported by Critical Path & Inner West Council.
An extended version of Tell Distance was later presented at PACT Centre for Emerging Artists as part of In The Works: Storyworlds, a program curated by Martin del Amo and Jazz Money.
Performances:
14-16 November 2025: Balmain Town Hall, Sydney
16-14 February 2026: PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, Sydney
Choreographer: Nasim Patel
Performers: Nasim Patel and Louie Wisby
Special thanks: Ella Watson-Heath, M@ Cornell, Angela Goh
Development for Tell Distance was supported by Critical Path through a Space Grant Residency and Temperance Hall through an Apartment Studio Residency
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