Queer PHOTO: The Zizi Show
Footscray Community Arts Riverside Lawn 45 Moreland St, Footscray, AustraliaThe Zizi Project explores the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and drag performance. Drag challenges gender and explores otherness, while AI is often mystified as a concept and tool, it is complicit in reproducing social bias. Zizi combines these themes through a deepfake, synthesised drag identity created using machine learning. The project explores what AI…
Queer PHOTO
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaQueer PHOTO presents a collection of photographic exhibitions, outdoor activations and immersive public events that explore identity, culture, and resilience. Seen through the queer gaze, personal narratives intertwine with intimacy and sexuality, inviting you to witness the convergence of traditional cultural boundaries, contemporary bodies, and sex positivity. Indoor Exhibitions: 3 February — 26 May 2024…
Queer PHOTO: Alteration
Footscray Community Arts Riverside Lawn 45 Moreland St, Footscray, AustraliaA decade of groundbreaking work from queer Polynesian artist collective FAFSWAG. Meeting at the intersections of cultural archival practices, digital technology and queer Indigenous storytelling, Alteration presents a glimpse into the shapeshifting practice of FAFSWAG, an Aotearoa-based queer Polynesian arts collective. This outdoor exhibition at Footscray Community Arts complements a major showing at The Substation.…
Queer PHOTO: Black and Blur
Footscray Community Arts Riverside Lawn 45 Moreland St, Footscray, AustraliaWhat if Black Queerness could be more than embodied? Through this series featuring portraits of migrant and Indigenous Black individuals and rooted in the unique context of what is commonly referred to as Australia, Lilah Benetti's work recognises that Blackness is far from a monolithic identity; rather, a mosaic of cultural, ethnic, and global Indigenous…
Queer PHOTO: Like A River
Footscray Community Arts Riverside Lawn 45 Moreland St, Footscray, AustraliaDaniel Jack Lyon's portrait photography visualises and empowers the trans and queer communities living in the Amazon Rainforest, made in collaboration with Casa do Rio, a community-based organisation that celebrates and supports the cultural lives of teenagers and young people living in the Amazon. Lyons' portraits explore how deep Indigenous traditions and modern identity politics…
Toddler Jam
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaWhen: Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30—11:15am Term 1: 1 February—28 March 2024 Ages: 9 months—5 years old. A weekly music party for toddlers & pre-schoolers to ROCK OUT with parents and care-givers! Bubs and children 1—5 years are welcome to join in, exploring singing, dancing, percussion, Auslan and self-expression. Created by Razz Mussen, this class…
Queer PHOTO: Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped In Black)
Gabriel GalleryMarungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) follows Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch's trip back to Country for spiritual healing - a journey from oppressive white city life in Adelaide, back home to his remote Anangu Community (Aputula) to perform on sacred Inma ground. Inma is a traditional form of storytelling using the visual, verbal, and physical. It…
PHOTO2024: Exquisite Corpse
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaArticulations of identity from a queer Fijian woman with settler-colonial heritage living in Australia. Exquisite Corpse is a photographic exhibition inspired by the collaborative essence of surrealist art. Artist Salote Tawale reflects on identity and the collective migrant experience in post-colonial Australia, skillfully depicted through a collage of works delving into inherited and enduring legacies.…
Queer PHOTO: Orange Grove
Gabriel GalleryClifford Prince King documents his intimate relationships in traditional, everyday settings that speak on his experiences as a queer black man. His monograph, Orange Grove, is dark and handsome, filled with King’s warm and intricate portraits that flow like tapestries while witnessing lovers and friends in the ether of vulnerability. With eyes wrapped around each…
Panel Yarn – Language as Resistance with Mayunkiki
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for an evening panel discussion on Language as Resistance, where we delve into the profound intersections of language, Indigenous knowledge systems, and activism in art. Our panelists will offer unique insights into the power of language, identity, and cultural preservation in the face of historical oppression and contemporary challenges. We welcome lead panelist;…