Queer Publications Launch

Join us for the Melbourne Book Launch of João Florêncio and Liz Rosenfeld’s Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising including a Q&A with artist Liz Rosenfeld facilitated by Frances Barrett. Alongside this we will be promoting new publications by APHIDS Supermassive artists Zack Lewin and Georgia Banks.

Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising Cruising has existed for as long as anyone outside the dominant sex and gender systems has sought sexual encounters outside of sanctioned norms. This book offers a serious exploration of queer sex and sex cultures, exploring cruising as a mode of thinking with the body and communicating through sexuality. A creative dialogue between a queer artist and a queer academic reminiscing about and thinking with their cruising experiences, Crossings takes queer sex practices and cultures seriously as ways of knowing and world-making.

HOT YOGA by takatāpui artist Zack Lewin (Ngai te Rangi), is the book outcome of a year-long performance. Indulging that any effort to connect with his Indigeneity is rendered performative by his whiteness, Zack performs his process of connection through chronicling moments where his queerness has facilitated connection. This window into diasporic takatāpui life is edited by Will Bennett with contributions from Will Bennett and Zody Takurua.

VillIan Edit for over 5 years Georgia Banks has rigorously delved into the world of reality tv, provoking viewers to critically engage with the myriad ways this medium shapes cultural attitudes. This publication reflects on her rich practice within a tabloid magazine aesthetic. Edited by Made Spencer Castle with essays by Anador Walsh and Daniel Mudie Cunningham.

The event will be held across APHIDS and the beautiful new studios of Emily Parsons Lord and Julia Croft and Lauren Dunn, 6, 7 + 8 Level 2 Perry st Building, Collingwood Yards.

Liz Rosenfeld is part of Temperance Hall’s inaugural TEMPER program, which invites 3 choreographic artists to develop and show new choreographic work at Temperance Hall, while in residence on-site in the Apartment Studio. TEMPER is supported by Creative Australia, the Australian Government’s principal arts investment and advisory body. See upcoming performances here.