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january 23 - february 10
Shifting Ground
Midsumma brings together a diverse mix of artists and performers under a single umbrella for an impassioned celebration and innovative presentation of queer art and culture. Links with a range of arts organizations, producers, venues and artists continue to be forged and strengthened from year to year. These relationships increasingly enable Midsumma to develop more sophisticated projects, access a greater range of artists and performers, and engage wider audiences.
The 2007 Midsumma Visual Arts program aims to celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of the gay community and contemporary queer aesthetics through our Arts Program. One of the major events for the 2007 Curated Visual Arts Program will be ‘Shifting Ground’, a photography exhibition showcasing the work of six contemporary, queer-identified photo-media artists who explore the construction, performativity and mutability of identity in their work. This exhibition is to be held at Red Gallery, North Fitzroy.
His Hair
Jesslyn Moss
The Artists:
Maree Azzopardi
Denis Chapman
Ray Cook
Jesus Manongdo
Jesslyn Moss and
Naomie Sunner
The Poet Assassinated
Maree Assopardi
Thrill Seeker
Denis Chapman
ABOUT MIDSUMMA
Midsumma Festive, Melbourne’s annual gay and lesbian (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer - GLBTIQ) festival, features a program of artist and cultural events spread over five municipalities and located in over 60 different venues across Melbourne. Midsumma is in its 18th year (2006) and has proven itself to be a significant attraction on the Melbourne arts and cultural festival calendar.
Midsumma brings together a diverse mix of artists and performers under a single umbrella for an impassioned celebration and innovative presentation of queer art and culture. Links with a range of arts organizations, producers, venues and artists continue to be forged and strengthened from year to year. These relationships increasingly enable Midsumma to develop more sophisticated projects, access a greater range of artists and performers, and engage wider audiences.
The 2007 Midsumma Visual Arts program aims to celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of the gay community and contemporary queer aesthetics through our Arts Program. One of the major events for the 2007 Curated Visual Arts Program will be ‘Shifting Ground’, a photography exhibition showcasing the work of six contemporary, queer-identified photo-media artists who explore the construction, performativity and mutability of identity in their work. This exhibition is to be held at Red Gallery, North Fitzroy.
It's either you or us
Naomie Sunner
Untitled
Ray Cook
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Edwina Bartlem has twenty years experience working in the arts as a curator, writer and project manager. Until recently she taught Cinema Studies and Art History at the University of Melbourne where she is currently completing a PhD on ‘Immersive aesthetics in new media art’. This is the third year that Edwina has curated a group exhibition for the Midsumma Festival's Curated Exhibition Program. In 2006 she co-curated 'Liquid Aesthetics,' a video art exhibition at the Black Box in the Victorian Arts Centre with Meredith Martin. In 2005 she co-curated 'Transitions: Space and Perception' at the Counihan Gallery in Brunswick with Scott Campbell. In 1999 Edwina organized screenings of experimental film and video art at the State Library of Queensland and in 2000 she curated a major exhibition, ‘Queer Transgressions’, at the Brisbane Powerhouse for the Queensland Pride Festival. Edwina is currently the Curator of the Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, Moreland City Council’s major art gallery.
Dracula's Wedding
Jesus Manongdo
opening night drinks
friday january 26 (australia day)
6-8pm
exhibition duration: january 23 - february 10