Film
Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua
Gabriel GalleryKal angam-kal: Stories from West Papua is a documentary exhibition that brings together Elders and Young people from the Narrm (Melbourne) based West Papuan community in a series of youth-led intergenerational interviews. Kal angam-kal is a proverb in the indigenous language of the Amungme tribe of Timika, West Papua meaning “the word has been spoken…
Kal Angam-Kal: Panel and Screening
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a screening of documentary Land of the Morning Star (dir. Mark Worth, 2004, 55mins). Land of the Morning Star reveals the turbulent history of West Papua, swept up in the power-play of international politics. Through eyewitness accounts and rare archival film, this fascinating documentary paints a picture that is intimate in detail…
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: 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: 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: 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) Film Screening and Q&A
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin us at the opening of this screening on Saturday 3 February, as part of Queer Out West site takeover; for a screening of the award-winning documentary ‘Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)’ created by Derik Lynch and Matthew Thorne. The film follows Yankunytjatjara queer artist Derik Lynch who takes a road trip back to Country…
Queer PHOTO: Lilah Benetti Artist Talk
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin Lilah Benetti in this one-off in conversation, along side South Sudanese artist and writer Atong Atem. Shot on film, this series features portraits of migrant and Indigenous Black individuals, rooted in the unique context of what is commonly referred to as Australia. The word recognise that Blackness is far from a monolithic identity; rather,…
Queer PHOTO: Film Screening and Q&A with Clifford Prince King (USA)
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaComing all the way from New York City, Clifford Prince King is teaming up with Queer PHOTO in a documentation of Queer Black Joy through photography and film. Meet the artist in a discussion following an exclusive screening of two of their short films that explore queerness, HIV, and intimate relationships. ‘Kiss of Life’ is…
Queer PHOTO: Daniel Jack Lyons (USA) Artist Talk
Daniel Jack Lyons portrait photography in their new work, ‘Like a River’ 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…