Tate Papworth
COVID-19 restrictions may have most people housebound, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to take in a little bit of culture.
Brimbank council has unveiled its first-ever virtual art gallery.
The gallery takes viewers on a guided tour of ‘The Politics of My Body’ photography exhibition by artist Amrita Sur.
The exhibition explores Sur’s way of questioning acquiescence and conformity, and how it provokes a dire need for a shift in thinking in order to transcend a woman’s worth beyond her body.
She says she has felt like a spectator of her own life for a very long time and has complied with rituals, customs, impositions, the do’s and don’ts without questioning or being allowed to question, or knowing any other way, feeling like a product of societal norms.
Sur says she engages in performative gestures in her work to better understand the depths of the patriarchal mindset and its destructive impacts on the body and mind.
The exhibition originally opened in March at the St Albans Community Centre (STACC), but the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily closed the centre’s doors.
But instead of pausing the exhibition, the council’s arts and culture team created another way to bring the exhibition to the community.
The exhibition is available until Sunday, May 17 via the virtual gallery at: www.artsteps.com.
The exhibition is best viewed on a Smartphone using the Artsteps App, available through Apple Store and Google Play.
