{"product_id":"matto-lucas-test-shot-at-westgay","title":"Matto Lucas, Test Shot At Westgay","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatto Lucas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTest Shot At Westgay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2019 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(edition of 10)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eArchival giclee print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e60 x 40 cm framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e$750 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist Bio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist, (ward-winning photographer 📸) \u0026amp; occasional educator based in Naarm. 🏳️🌈\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"10+ years of events, portraits \u0026amp; queer utopias.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore info: https:\/\/mattolucasphotography.com + www.mattolucas.com \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitled after Fiona Buckland’s study on queer world-building, “Impossible Dance” curates a decade of photography documenting pre-COVID queer clubs, punk shows, and underground events across Naarm (Melbourne).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaptured from an insider’s perspective, these anachronistic black-and-white images transition \"private\" subcultures into the \"public\" sphere. This act is a deliberate transgression against the systems that seek to erase or whitewash queer identities. By occupying public space, the work empowers historically ostracized communities while inviting outsiders to engage with a culture they may previously have found inaccessible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy practice interrogates systems of power through the lens of GASD and LGBTQI+ identities. Influenced by documentarians like Nan Goldin, Rennie Ellis, and Joan E. Biren, I aim to archive and celebrate life on the fringes. Moving between performance and photography, my work serves as both an authentic record and a celebration of the spaces where we truly belong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtwork Statement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Test Shot At Westgay\" is from the \"Impossible Dance\" series which has been exhibited at The Victorian Pride Centre, The Substation Billboards and Brunswick Street Gallery and includes works from the past decade of Lucas' queer event space photography documentation. \"Test Shot (...)\" won the 2019 Picturing Footscray Photography competition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore info: https:\/\/mattolucas.com\/work\/impossible-dance-definitive-edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightingale Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794934202656,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/5809\/1296\/files\/Untitleddesign_52_4b48ef15-ec8a-4174-9de5-6def464114a3.png?v=1780737927","url":"https:\/\/nightingale-gallery.myshopify.com\/products\/matto-lucas-test-shot-at-westgay","provider":"Nightingale Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}