Head to PICA this weekend for a very special celebration of art history with Howl, from Victorian collective Aphids.
Created by Willoh S. Weiland, Lara Thoms and Lz Dunn, and directed by Mish Grigor, Howl takes a closer look at a history of controversy throughout the chronology of art with a live parade.
From sculptures of Captain Cook to the public burning of a rainbow, the piece is described as “a requiem that is unquestionably queer, arguably dangerous and probably obscene.”
Weiland says the team aim for the work to challenge the audience to consider the social importance of art.
“The 15 works that inspired Howl share a capacity to incite and incense,” Weiland says.
“Taken from across different points in history from 1866 to the present day, each piece has captured a particular aspect of the zeitgeist, from whether an object can be art if it is mass-produced, to the threat of feminism to the establishment, to the sanctity of religious symbolism.”
The performance will take over the PICA Galleries with a community parade, paying tribute to iconic works of art including Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain (1917), Ai Wei Wei’s Sunflower Seeds (2010) and Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ (1987).
Watch a sneak peek of the performance below, then be sure to catch the full show this Friday 27th and Saturday 28th July. Tickets and more information available at PICA.org.au
Images:- Bryony Jackson
