Red Shoes, animated video, 2022
2023
SKIN Performance Festival, Vienna
Red Shoes opens with the familiar hardboiled noir setting and the archetypal tough masculine protagonist. But what seemed like a shady hand-over turns out to be a date, and the protagonist is wearing high heels.
What a twist! But what does this say about our expectations? Are plot twists a rejection of our expectations, or are misaligned expectations a rejection of what is?
The change we need is not to create more boxes to fit into, but to become comfortable with being creative and playful - an unchecked box, a wildcard.
Personal Matters, digital print, 2022
Photo ©Wolfgang Thaler
2023
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
The work is part of a series exploring and expressing the trans experience from a personal perspective.
The protagonist, KweerKat, is my own alter-ego and the stories are always based on true events. Though the subject matter of stereotyping, objectification, instrumentalization and dehumanization can be conflicting or difficult, the focus is always on avoiding blame and judgement, and on having a positive impact instead by providing insight and allowing people to empathise, and ultimately form their own opinions.
KweerKat already had a life before the short comic strips series. Motivated by my own experiences as a migrant and a queer person, they were established as a creative device to publicly tackle less-discussed issues and represent people affected by them.
Hear no Evil - paper mache, wire, acrylics, printed material
Dimensions: 52x18x45cm
2022
AG18 Gallery, Vienna
Group show by the Question Me & Answer artist collective.
Photo ©Xenia Snapiro
2022
Green Door Gallery, Vienna
A group show by the Question Me & Answer collective.
Photos ©Milos Vucicevic
2019
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
2018
Orchard Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017
Balmain Watchhouse, Sydney, Australia
2014
Leichhardt Town Hall, Sydney, Australia
2013
Orchard Gallery, Sydney, Australia