Opening & Programs | Affording Truth

Saturday 28 March, 4pm

Join us to celebrate the opening of Affording Truth with an in conversation with artists Lauren Dunn, Tyza Hart, Raquel Ormella and Scotty So, followed by the official launch of the exhibition featuring a special performance by Scotty So.

Affording Truth explores how we perceive and navigate truth in an era of global uncertainty, using the framework of affordances - the qualities of objects or environments that suggest or enable particular actions and interactions. The exhibition presents new and existing work by artists who interrogate this increasingly muddy space including Alison Alder, Robert Andrew, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Lauren Dunn, Honor Freeman, Tyza Hart, Daniel McKewen, Juanita McLauchlan, Raquel Ormella, Baden Pailthorpe, Ryan Presley, Alex Seton, Scotty So and Esther Stewart.

4PM ARTISTS AND CURATORS IN CONVERSATION
Hear from artists Lauren Dunn, Tyza Hart, Raquel Ormella and Scotty Soin conversation with the exhibition's curators Hannah Williamson and Lee-Anne Hall.

5PM OPENING
Refreshments followed by official opening remarks.

5.30PM PERFORMANCE BY ARTIST SCOTTY SO
In this special performance, artist Scotty So will perform as his alter-ego Scarlett So Hung Son, who is featured in his work, The Endless Summer of 1969, 2024 included in Affording Truth.

Free. All Welcome. Bookings are appreciated for catering purposes.

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Affording Truth is a collaborative curatorial project between Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and City of Moreton Bay Galleries curated by Rachel Arndt, Dr Lee-Anne Hall and Hannah Williamson. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Scotty So, The Endless Summer of 1969, 2024 (detail), offset lithography on paper, digital rendered images, calendar, 14 parts at 42 x 29.7cm each.