Public Exhibition + Artist talk and Panel Discussion - gender, sexuality and power

21 - 31 MAY, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART GALLERY, 19 REIGO STREET, DUNEDIN

Emma Chalmers
Intersecting Architectures Exhibition

In this exhibition Emma Chalmers considers the way gender, sexuality and power are embedded, framed and played out within an institutional space. Referencing the architectures of both the home and Elam School of Art, where she recently completed her Masters, she invites the viewer to imagine what an un-doing of power hierarchies and forms of exclusion might look like. Via a series of repurposed windows, she’s created a space for imagining collectively, a place to reach out towards new horizons. These spaces – symbolic and physical – are not simply gestures or places to reflect on what could be, they help us see what binds us.

This exhibition is an opportunity for Dunedin's LGBTQI+ and wider community to consider issues around acceptance, diversity and inclusivity within this local context and to engage in a creative, community-oriented series of events.

There will be an attendant publication comprised of two essays. The first will consider queer history and culture in Dunedin, featuring an interview with Hahna Briggs (former Queer Support Co-Ordinator at OUSA Student Support). The second essay will analyse Chalmers' exhibition with reference to the potentialities of a utopian queer future, as inspired by José Esteban Muñoz’s essay ‘Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity’. Publications will be sold for $5-$10 each with all proceeds going to Queer Support.

EVENTS:

Exhibition dates: 21 - 31 May.

Exhibition hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm, Saturday 25^th May 10am - 4pm

Exhibition Opening: Tuesday 21st May, 5pm - 7.00pm at the Dunedin School of Art

Artist’s talk: Wednesday 22nd May, 12pm - 12.30pm at the Dunedin School of Art

Panel Discussion: Thursday 30th May at 12pm - 1pm at the Dunedin School of Art
with Sorawit Songsataya, Robyn Maree Pickens and Hahna Briggs