A first-of-its-kind exhibition presented by Midsumma Festival and Photo 2024, Queer Photo will feature large-scale outdoor artworks, gallery exhibitions and interactive performances across Melbourne's west.
Running between January 27 and March 24, Queer Photo will feature 17 artists, 14 exhibitions, and 30 interactive events that will transform the streets and venues of Footscray, Newport and Werribee into a gallery full of artworks by established and emerging queer voices from Australia and afar.
Responding to the theme of 'The Future Is Shaped by Those Who Can See It', artists have been invited to respond to what is happening in the world, from the climate crisis to technology, and envisage alternative realities while tapping into Indigenous ways of thinking.
Highlights from Queer Photo include 'Black and Blur', a world premiere by Lilah Benetti that features portraits of migrants and Indigenous Black people; 'the Zizi Show', a project by Jake Elwes that explores the intersection of AI and drag performance; 'TBWWWTB', a world premiere by Vic Bakin who uses photography to explore the Ukrainian queer scene; and 'So'otaga (Connection)', a world premiere made with the Pasifika community about identity, grief, loss and culture.
Venues used for Queer Photo include Footscray Community Arts, the Outside Gallery, Trocadero Art Space, Substation, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee Train Station and Werribee Park Mansion.
For more information about the upcoming exhibition and artists, visit the Midsumma Festival website here.
