Artists Simryn Gill becomes Australia's accidental ambassador at Venice Biennale IT'S hard to tell, entering Simryn Gill's house in Marrickville, in Sydney's inner west, where workshop ends and home begins. We sit down at a kitchen table that seems also to be desk and workbench. I get the feeling this is the engine room for a much bigger operation. My correspondence with the Australia Council for the Arts has led me to expect Gill may be cagey about her plans for the Australian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, which opens on June 1. But she seems relaxed, considering it's just a couple of days before she leaves for the Biennale - perhaps the world's most prestigious exhibition of contemporary art - and she is generous with her time.