Festivals
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…
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…
TILDE Exhibition
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaFull Scale Curated by Sapphic Flicks, Full Scale speaks to the wide-ranging diversity, visibility and musical talent of trans and gender expansive artists from Indigenous and diaspora communities. A collection of music videos, documentaries and online art. Works include queer opulence from Kee'ahn, Goddess Naavikaran, Govind Pillai and Raina Peterson. Date: 3 May—5 May 2024…
TILDE Film Festival
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaTILDE Film Festival: Three days, seven sessions, twenty-four films, two exhibitions, four filmmakers in conversation panels, two massive community events featuring world, international and Victorian premieres. We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. We offer our respect to the Elders of…
TILDE: Sapphic Flicks presents Opening Night
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaOpening First Nations curated by Merryn Trescott and Jamie Connor Sapphic Flicks presents the Opening Night of TILDE, bringing First Nations trans folk, brotherboys and sistergirls together in celebration of our creativity, diversity of experience, and storytelling. It will be an opportunity for community and knowledge building; for our stories to take up space and…
TILDE: OUR FUTURE
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaScreening & filmmaker in-conversation There is a wave of trans and gender expansive culture building strength. Australia's young filmmakers are breaking through with poignant and deeply complex storytelling. Featuring the world premiere of the delicately beautiful Black Trans Miracle by Tinaye Nyathi, with screenings and in-conversations with filmmakers Luka Gracie (More Than This), AP Pobjoy…