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TOXX
Presented by Centre for Projection Art
“TOXX” meditates on the planetary inheritance of industrial residue, traversing territories of toxicity, queer(y)ing the eco-monstrous figure to reckon with the grotesque figurations of ecological presents and the radically ulterior futures that might lie beyond. The porous progeny of the Toxicocene find themselves compromised, united in their corporeal contamination across every cell, site, and species. Resisting the urge to withdraw from the disquiet of such intimate incursions, eco-monstrous figures invite a reckoning. An opportunity to turn towards the chimeric forms haunting contemporary myths of ecologic purity or return. “TOXX” lingers in the disquiet of these post-normal narratives, refusing the convenience of utopic/dystopic binaries in favour of the morphic muck of transition without expectation of arrival.
These experiments in film will also satellite showcase at Bunjil Place and Metro Arts in Meajin (Brisbane).
Credits
Artist: Luna Mrozik Gawler
Sound artist: Christian Bishop
Additional cinematography: Shei Udeagu, Jerome Duval-Fleury
Image: “TOXX” (2023), Luna Mrozik Gawler. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Luna Mrozik Gawler is a transdisciplinary artist, working with fugitive and feral narratives to un/remake worlds. Working across diverse mediums and scales, their work favours species, scales and futures beyond the human. Their work has recently been programmed or published by: The Australian Network of Art and Technology, The Powerhouse Museum of Art & Science, Platform Arts, The University of Melbourne Centre for Visual Art, Utrecht University, Kings run ARI and The Association for the Study of Literature, Environment & Culture. Luna is one-half of the queer-time lab GEOFADE and a founding member of L&NDLESS collective.
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Body-Cites is generously supported by Creative Victoria.