THE TIME OF LIGHT

A site-specific exhibition responding to the unique role of light in the Metro Arts galleries.

MOTHLIGHT

Mothlight is a constructed labyrinth where physical prowess is tested and the inner psyche investigated.

THE LAST HURRAH BAR

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THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID

A night of tough-talking broads (a coven of sorts) who will pay homage to a modern spectrum of multi-taskers, matriarchs and mentors; bosses, divas and dames.

BOYLE AND WATERS IN LEOTARD

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GIANTS AMONG US

A sound and video installation that transforms inaccessible surfaces into urban playgrounds, illuminating public spaces with epic images of our smallest citizens.

SUE BENNER SPEECHES

Sue Benner Speeches: Disruption. Friend or Foe?

THE BOMBSHELLS BALL: ONE MORE TIME AT 109

Join us for an evening of titillation, tassels and tease starring Brisbane’s best bump and grind babes and nifty novices!

EPHEMERA

A theatrical, 40-channel video installation celebrating the art, objects and ephemera that have inhabited Metro Arts, as seen through the eyes of the people who created it.

MEDICAMENT FOR YOUR PREDICAMENT

A socially engaged artwork compounding political pharmacopoeias – ointments, tonics, gargles and powders to soothe our soluble and insoluble bodies.

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LESS TALK, MORE ART! METRO ARTS AND A GEOMETRY OF ECHOES

Over the last three weeks our creative team have interviewed 40 people who were either integral to the development of Metro Arts or in some way connected to its artistic output over the last 40 years. The idea is to use this content to create a 40-channel video...

A SHIFT AT A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGERE

I know what boys like I know what guys want I know what boys like I've got what boys like Suzon sang absent-mindedly to herself as she wiped the maybe clean probably dirty bar in front of her. Why the fuck are we selling oranges now? She thought, while plucking one...

NORMAL. WHAT IS NORMAL?

Normal. What is normal? This is one of the questions we’ve been asking repeatedly during our creative development at Metro Arts. We’ve placed it under a microscope and held it in our bodies, we’ve all related to and not related to certain elements of this. Normal. Can...