FPS is a peek behind a sheer curtain, gazing into the close relationships between the global military industry and the video games that work closely with them. First Person Shooters (FPS) is the genre of choice for military shooters, allowing one to play from the first-person POV of a soldier looking down the sights of a gun and pulling the trigger.
Nelson Nghe aims to illuminate the often "invisible" nature of gambling harm, especially its impact on loved ones. Through evocative found objects and images, Nghe reimagines hidden domestic moments, exploring the emotional toll that gambling harm inflicts on those indirectly affected.
Garden Variety Dykes is a group show inspired by the PDF of the same name; ‘Garden Variety Dykes: Lesbian Traditions in Gardening’ edited by Irene Reti and Valerie Jean Chase in 1994. This exhibition dives into queer ecologies, puts forward questions surrounding the continuation of a queer linage in climate activism and explores sapphic yearning in the garden space.
In an era of increasing polarisation, political, cultural, social, and economic, a question arises: why don’t those seeking genuine change engage more with those who think differently? People often voice their beliefs within familiar circles, both online and in person, reinforcing opposition rather than encouraging understanding.
Join us from 2-4pm on Saturday 29 March for artist talks with the artists of the March/April exhibitions, including Tay Haggarty, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Tiana Jefferies, Seren Wagstaff, Amy Sargeant, Annie Monks, Nelson Nghe, Jack Hodges and Nolan Ho Wung Murphy.
Make your body-safe, usable eco pleasure toy while exploring sensory pleasure and the Indigenous practice of inner deep listening through clay.
Join us from 6-8 pm for the opening of four new exhibitions including 3 solo exhibitions by Nelson Nghe, Jack Hodges and Nolan Ho Wung Murphy and a group exhibition with Tay Haggarty, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Tiana Jefferies, Seren Wagstaff, Amy Sargeant and Annie Monks.
Join us from 2-4pm on Saturday 1 February for FREE artist talks with the artists of the January/February exhibitions, including Zi Qin, Dean Quilin Li, Jincheng Deng, Erin Hallyburton, carolyn craig and Cecilia Sordi Campos.
ALGAEIC INTENT investigates the ways in which Algae thrive in the wreckage of capitalism (it grows in response to the excesses of agriculture and suffocates fish via depletion of oxygen) and how this can operate as a mirror/reflective distortion of our intermingled biological actions and porous relations to matter.
Motherhood and fertility have been extensively represented in creative practice for both their pictorial qualities and in the documentation of lived experiences. These representations continue to play an important role in shaping public perceptions of womanhood, while infertility is underrepresented, silenced or deemed contentious – often framed in terms of lack or failure.
Join Firstdraft for our January/February exhibition openings.
This project reassembles everyday life scenes in a conned space to generate an analog of a nocturnal urban park, reflecting the ongoing colonisation of the late night.
Press against; Soften into explores fat as a material, an identity and a form of embodiment. The exhibition responds to conventions in contemporary art that distinguish between normal and fat bodies.
