Originally designed for the huge entrance wall in Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art in 2012, Agatha Gothe-Snape’s large-scale wall painting We All Walk Out in the End is a striking intervention that transforms the architecture it inhabits. Dominating the rear wall of the house, the work stretches across a vibrant yellow ground, its title emblazoned from right to left in reversed, classically styled white lettering of unusual scale (artlink.com.au). This bold visual presence turns the simple act of moving through the space into unwitting participation in an ongoing domestic performance (boulevard.co).

As stated in the catalogue From Here to There: Australian Art and Walking: “Walking connects our body to time and space whilst giving us time to survey place. Walking moves us surely, from one place to another. There is no guarantee, however, that the room we walk out of is any different to the one we walk into.”