THUR 30 MAY, 12.00 – 1.00 PM, P152, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, RIEGO ST, DUNEDIN

Queering the Institutional Space

In this panel discussion, activist Hahna Briggs, artist Sorawit Songsataya and art writer / curator Robyn Maree Pickens will discuss Emma Chalmers' exhibition Intersecting Architectures, on at the Dunedin School of Art from May 20th - May 31st 2019. Emma's exhibition and the attendant publication will consider queer history and culture in Dunedin; the opening up of institutional spaces to the LGBTQI+ community; the connection between sexuality and intersectionality and the potentialities of a utopian queer future (inspired in particular by José Esteban Muñoz’s essay ‘Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity’). 

 

Hahna Briggs has a Masters in Dance Studies and was the 2013 Caroline Plummer Community Dance Fellow. She currently runs inclusive dance classes and performances for people with and without disability through Gasp! Dance Collective. Hahna has worked for OUSA Student Support for 4 and a half years, first as the Queer Support Co-ordinator and now as the Senior Student Advocate. In addition, Hahna is a member of the Dunedin Pride Inc Management committee.

 

Robyn Maree Pickens is an art writer, curator and text-based practitioner. Her critical and creative work is centred on the relationship between aesthetic practices and ecological reparation. Robyn's art writing has appeared in Art Asia Pacific online, ANZJA, Art + Australia online, The Pantograph Punch and Art New Zealand. Her most recent curatorial project was presented at Blue Oyster ("Bright Cave" 2018) and her most recent text-based work was exhibited at Te Tuhi (December 2018 - March 2019). Currently Robyn is a PhD candidate in ecological aesthetics at the University of Otago and an art reviewer for the Otago Daily Times and Art News. 

 

Sorawit Songsataya was born in Chiang Mai, Thailand and lives and works in ¯Otepoti Dunedin. Primarily interested in craft, textiles, digital modality, handmade and machine-made objects, Sorawit’s practice forms at the intersection of digitised labour and traditional craftsmanship, exploring the intricacy of what it means to “make” today. In 2018 he was awarded the Iaspis Studio Residency, Stockholm, Sweden and the McCahon House artist residency, T¯amaki Makaurau Auckland. In February 2019, Sorawit stayed at the historic Rita Angus cottage as part of Enjoy Public Art Gallery Summer Residency programme. Sorawit has a Master of Fine Art from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2013). Previous exhibitions include Art and Shops, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018); Bright Cave, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, ¯Otepoti Dunedin (2018); Soon Enough: Art in Action, Tensta Konstall, Stockholm (2018); Starling, Artspace, T¯amaki Makaurau Auckland (2018); Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te P¯ataka Toi, Te Whaganui-a-Tara Wellington (2017); Potentially Yours: The Coming Community, Artspace, T¯amaki Makaurau Auckland (2016); The Non-living Agent, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, T¯amaki Makaurau Auckland (2016).


Published on 6 May 2019

Orderdate: 6 May 2019
Expiry: 31 May 2019