Presented by Midsumma and PHOTO Australia, in partnership with Creative Victoria’s Go West program, Queer PHOTO is Melbourne’s first festival of queer photography. The program features new artist commissions of large-scale outdoor artworks curated by Brendan McCleary, gallery exhibitions and an interactive public performance program by local and international artists taking place in Footscray, Newport and Werribee across both Midsumma Festival and PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography.
Artists:
Asafe Ghalib
Clifford Prince King
Daniel Jack Lyons
Derik Lynch and Matthew Thorne
Dorcas Tang 邓佳颖
Estelle Yoon
FAFSWAG
Jake Elwes
Karla Dickens
Leilani Fuimaono
Lilah Benetti
Luce Nguyễn-Hunt
Rômy Pacquing McCoy
Salote Tawale
Sunil Gupta
Vic Bakin
In partnership with: Footscray Community Arts, Trocadero, Maribyrnong Council, the SUBSTATION, the Outside Gallery, Hobson Bay City Council, Wyndham City Council, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee Park Mansion
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
For the opening week of Queer PHOTO, I worked with artists Derik Lynch and Matthew Thorne to produce and presented a four-channel immersive installation of their Berlinale Silver Bear Winning Documentary, Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) at Footscray Community Arts.
Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in black) follows Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch's road trip back to Country for spiritual healing, as memories from his childhood return. A journey from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide, back home to his remote Anangu Community (Aputula) to perform on sacred Inma ground.
Inma is a traditional form of storytelling using the visual, verbal, and physical. It is how Anangu Tjukurpa (story connected to country / dreaming / myth / lore) have been passed down for over 60,000+ years from generation to generation.
