CHTHONIC CHORUS

Image: Tom Denize, Tipping an Oyster, 2023, MDF, inkjet print, wrought iron lace, oyster shell. Photo by Sophie Spence.

This exhibition unfolds as an imagined archaeological site, where queer theory unsettles normative, binary views of the past. By activating queer archaeology, CHTHONIC CHORUS digs into layers of strata and memory to radically rethink and critique colonial constructs of place, language, time, gender, sexuality, identity, and ecological relations.

The chthonic—meaning "beneath the earth"—refers to spaces absent of light but far from void. These are fertile realms where darkness fosters ritual, transformation, and queer potential. The underground, both literal and metaphorical, is a place where the hidden is revealed, and the dormant awakened. Here, contemporary art reimagines the archive, disrupts linear timelines, and invokes connection with ancestors through physical and psychological terrain.

CHTHONIC CHORUS envisions this subterranean site as one for queer communion and reactivation, laden with long-standing narratives that surface latent images and conjure rhizomatic entanglements.

Curated by Jake Treacy.

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Event & ticketing details

Accessibility

English No Barrier
Wheelchair Access
Vision Rating 75%

Dates & Times

OPENING Fri 31 Jan 6-8pm
WHEN 1-2 Feb, 4-9 Feb | Tue-Sun 11am-4pm

Tickets

FREE

Location

Incinerator Gallery

180 Holmes Rd, Aberfeldie

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Tram

57, 82 to stop 41 (Maribyrnong Park/Maribyrnong Rd) plus 10 minute walk along Maribyrnong River

Event notes

INFO

New Work, Australian Premiere

WARNINGS

Nudity, Themes of a sexual nature, Mature themes
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