Queer Readings of the QUT Art Collection

Queer Readings of the QUT Art Collection aims to diversify writing on the collection and build upon our existing relationships with the QUT Pride Staff Network, Ally Network, Creative Writing, and our collection artists.

For this project we have invited multi award-winning writers and QUT alumni, Jarad Bruinstroop, Rebecca Cheers, Anna Jacobson and Rebecca Jessen to respond to a selection of artworks by queer collection artists through the lenses of their own experience and knowledge. These artworks and the accompanying writing will be exhibited to coincide with Brisbane Pride and made available online.

We invite everyone to come together in celebration of queer excellence, honouring the trailblazing artists in the QUT Art Collection and the vibrant community of queer writers who have joyfully responded to these works through poetry and prose.

Image: Scott REDFORD Motorcycle emptiness I 2002, colour screenprint. QUT Art Collection. Purchased 2008.