Firstdraft (Gadigal Country/Sydney) presents Soft Cell, an exhibition about navigating nebulous and unclear borders, undefined barriers and ambiguous social constructs. These walls are not always physical or visible and are built on silent, ever changing hierarchies and exclusions. Encountering opaque, veiled edges reveals the precarity of our circumstances. In contrast to formal, rigid, clearly outlined standards, the cryptic and shifting expectations of soft cells are spaces of eroded mobility, ambivalence and diluted security.
This exhibition brings together works by five artists from the 2023 Firstdraft program that negotiate how these faint boundaries and vague conventions constrict, restrict, limit access or reveal limitations.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called Victoria, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We recognise and celebrate the cultural heritage, creative contributions, and stories of the First Peoples of Victoria. We pay respect to Elders of today, emerging Elders of tomorrow and Elders of the past.
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