03/02/24 - 09/03/23
QUEER TAKEOVER
FIRST SPACE
The Creature from the Blak Lagoon
Elijah Money & Pierra Van Sparkes
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?
Some call him the Creature from the Blak Lagoon, some call him magna foraminis, but you can call him tonight if you’re sick and tired of settler stunts and coloniser dawgs.
Wandering and weaving his way around waterholes, the Creature’s nomenclature is derived from his presumed natural habitat, though some experts believe he comes from some bigger, Blaker hole, deep within.
Emerging from fluids, legend suggests even minor bodies of liquid can open the threshold between his world and our own. Stay vigilant: a pint of beer, white tears, or the sweaty upper lip of your cousin’s gammin new boyfriend are potential portals to peril.
Enigmatic by nature, the Creature has long evaded society’s gaze, rarely revealing himself even in moments of feeding frenzy.
The Creature from the Blak Lagoon is HUNGRY. He won’t be satiated by recognition or reconciliation, he is fuelled by rage, revenge, and the other other white meat. Upon satisfaction, his sharp, sweet tooth sips and slurps a juicy watermelon cruiser to round the palate.
The following archive presents our collective findings over years of hunting and gathering evidence from numerous sources of mid to absent acclaim. Today, we open our hearts and holes to the public asking if, you too, have seen or summoned the Creature?
If you have any information please call 1800 ALIWA
Together, with the Creature in our corner, we can end the caucasity.
INNER + BACK SPACE
HOT MESS
Curated Beau Belle Palmer and Zara Sully
‘HOT MESS’ is intersecting and celebrating a group of local Ngunnawal/Ngambri (ACT) and Lutruwita (TAS) based gender queer, queer and disabled artists.
‘HOT MESS’ speaks to queer audiences and allies, as a celebration of seeing creative institutions through a queer lens. True diversity and equity comes from understanding each other's experiences.
‘HOT MESS’ supports artists from Lutruwita and Ngunnawal, as they have thriving regional queer and gender queer communities that are not at the forefront of representation when it comes to Pride within Australia. This show will intersect the experience of a total of 16 queer artists and 4 performers, in a town where Queerness was illegal until 1997. This celebration hopes to bring a sense of belonging in this community - a fundamental part of human nature and mental health.
HOT MESS ARTISTS:
(ACT) Zev Aviv, Rat Bedlington, Marlene Pringle Radice, Tom Campbell, Beau Belle Palmer, Lucy Chetcuti.
(TAS) Alfie Barker, Mish Miejers, Lychandra Giesman, Clara Martin, Enya Arsenal (Performance), Marguerite Carson, Olly Read, Kate Marshall and Hera Fox (Performance).
THE SPACE
QUEER OPEN
Artists include; Mack Wharton, Anna Jug, Qaii Robinson, Ray Forest, Joanne Faulkner, Jay Sykes, Elliot Howe, Dulcie Steven.