Fulgora curated by EO Gill

3 February

18 March

2023

EXHIBITIONS

Fulgora curated by EO Gill

3 February – 5 March 2023

The Rayner Hoff Project Space
Monday to Saturday

11am – 5pm
Free admission

Exhibition Image Design Charlie Cummings

Coinciding with Sydney WorldPride 2023 and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the National Art School is delighted to present the group exhibition Fulgora curated by video artist and independent curator EO Gill.

Fulgora presents a suite of commissioned video works by 5 Australian-based artists that are punctuated by a selection of films programmed in collaboration with LA-based collective Dirty Looks Inc.

The fulgora, more commonly known as ‘the lantern fly’, is a species of winged insect with a large, bulbous proboscis. Originally thought to produce light, the proboscis has no obvious practical or survivalist function. The entomologist Roger Caillois uses the useless proboscis to define insect mimicry as a ‘luxury’ rather than something to do with natural survival. The fly’s unique endowment points to a decadent excess of evolution.

The fulgora symbolises figures of luxuriance, characterised by delight in perversion, indulgence and pleasure on the one hand, and evasion, disappearance and deception on the other.

By extension, Fulgora speaks to luxuriant video practices that disrupt conventional acts of looking and force us to ask where our pleasure begins.

Recommended for age 16 years and up.

Fulgora is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

Australia-based Video Works: 
Tarik Ahlip, Claudia Nicholson, Jimmy Nuttall, Ainslie Templeton, and VT.

LA Based Program with Dirty Looks Inc. featuring Tom Chomont, Michael Zen

Dirty Looks Inc
Dirty Looks Inc is a non-profit platform for queer film, video, and performance founded in 2011. Using film and time-based art to illuminate queer histories and liminal spaces across Los Angeles and New York City, Dirty Looks traces contemporary queer aesthetics through historical works, presenting quintessential GLBTQ film and video, alongside up-and-coming artists and filmmakers.

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The Grad Show is on until 15 December at NAS.
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Introducing the 2024 graduating BFA Painting students. 
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Introducing the 2024 graduating BFA Photomedia and Printmaking students. 
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Introducing the 2024 graduating BFA Ceramics and Sculpture students. 
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