Exhibitions
BRIGHT
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia'Bright is about colour, joy and playful freedom' – Pamela Debrincat, curator. Bright is an art exhibition with a radical curatorial process, bringing together five installations without a defined beginning or end. Bright ignites the senses, inviting audiences to touch, explore and connect with each work to contribute to its meaning. Bright emphasises our need…
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…
Colourful Movement – An ArtLife Showcase
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaFootscray Community Arts is excited to present the ArtLife Showcase for 2023 - an exhibition of new, eclectic and dynamic work from over 40 d/Deaf and Disabled artists in ArtLife Studio. Walk through our current major exhibition BRIGHT - curated by ArtLife Studio artist Pamela Debinacrat – and embrace the colour, joy and playful freedom…
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: 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: An Artsy Queer Bus Ride Tour
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin queer icon 2joocee for the queer, arty bus ride of your dreams! Starting at Footscray Community Arts, join us on a guided bus tour as we journey across all the venues within the Queer PHOTO Festival! 2joocee will be your host with the most who will keep you well informed throughout your afternoon adventure.…