30/08/2025
vale fiona winning.
we are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of fiona winning. the fearless fiona, who in our eyes, was a legend, a leader and national treasure.
we feel very lucky to have had fiona’s support over the past two and a half decades. as director of pspace, it was fiona who invited pvi to undertake residencies, tours, talks and forums in the naughties. she taught us so much - how to better articulate our practice, how to back ourselves as artists, how to keep going when times felt impossible. she was kind, critical, generous and inspiring.
fiona was part of the epic matriarchy of national venue presenters who created ‘time_place_space’ a national hothouse lab for experimental australian performance. we attended the inaugural lab in 2002 which was seminal for us as a collective, enabling us to connect with amazing artists from across the country who went on to become our peers, collaborators and creative comrades.
her generosity, and unwavering commitment to the arts has helped nurture the careers of so many and at pvi, we feel immense gratitude for her guidance and care over the years.
her legacy is everywhere and lives on through all who entered her orbit.
we send love and strength to her family, to harley and to all who were fortunate enough to know and work alongside her.
dear fiona – thank you for everything 💜
image description:
daytime photo, street shot. four figures are standing outside the entrance to the ‘old’ performance space building on cleveland street, in redfern. they are caught in bright sunlight against a red wall. above them, the marquee sign reads “tts: route 76, 17 to 27 mar” and “gallery 17 mar 16 pr fatwhitestraightbaldguy.” the group leans casually, casting long shadows.
