Group Exhibition: Presence
March 11 - April 1
Photo: Henry Wolff, ‘Sibling’ Video still. Featured image: Felix Atkinson, ‘Slowdance’, oil on canvas. Courtesy: the artists and praxis ARTSPACE, South Australia.
Presence is a timely exploration of the queer body, gender identity, performativity, safe spaces, support and connection. Initially curated by praxis ARTSPACE for May 2020 and presented online only, this physical iteration of the exhibition takes on a new meaning considering our recent experiences of social and cultural isolation.
Presence dissolves the boundaries of the physical spaces we embody and in doing so, blurs the boundaries of categorical assumptions around gender. In this exhibition, the artists create spaces of autonomous self-reflection and explore how these spaces are navigated by the body. The body becomes the point of departure; its dimensions and the space it occupies, the narratives it holds and how these unfold around it.