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	Benjamin Sebastian (1980 AUS/GB) is a trans-disciplinary artist-curator situated between Gimuy/Cairns (AUS) and London (UK). Working predominantly in textiles, performance, collage, installation, new media and curating - their practice is rooted in processes of bricolage, assemblage, ritual/ceremony, and reworlding. Their curatorial work centres on the reclamation and creation of space - amplifying the voices of neurodivergent, queer, global majority &#38;amp; womxn artists - with a particular focus on performance art and other time-based media.

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Sebastian is currently undertaking a period of funded R&#38;amp;D (2025/26) - supported by Art Council England’s ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ scheme - after recently completing delivery of VSSL Studio’s cultural programme, ‘Entanglements of the Apocalypse’ (2025/26). Prior to this, Sebastian’s solo exhibition, ‘Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light’ completed a succesful UK tour (2024/25).

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Through harmonizing nonbinary perspectives along with neurodivergent cognition and decolonial practices, Sebastian’s visual art and curatorial work weaves together critical research, lived experience, and speculative methodologies. This holistic approach holds space for alternative narratives &#38;amp; ways of remembering to emerge, while creatively engaging the present to chart pathways toward yet-to-be-imagined futures.

&#60;img width="675" height="1013" width_o="675" height_o="1013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fcbe53d13ba65a2aceeaea4d72c36a546dabec6e4d1bef58e25b7d483b63ff1/Daniela-Valz-Gen.png" data-mid="221714617" border="0"  src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/675/i/8fcbe53d13ba65a2aceeaea4d72c36a546dabec6e4d1bef58e25b7d483b63ff1/Daniela-Valz-Gen.png" /&#62;Installation view: ‘Every Hole A Portal Every Piece A Bridge’ at VSSL Studio - London. Photography by Marco Berardi - 2023In compliment to their artistic and curatorial work, Sebastian also co-founded and directed the artist-led initiatives&#38;nbsp;VSSL Studio (2020-2026) and ]performance s p a c e [ (2011-2026).
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‘Jonny (On The Genealogy Of Morals)’. Image courtesy of the artist - 2012
Sebastian recieved their&#38;nbsp;BA Fine Art HONS (1st Class) from the University of Lincoln and MA Curating Art and Public Programmes (Distinction) through Whitechapel Gallery/London Southbank University. Their continued research interests include; Artificial Intelligence, Occult Practices, Queer Ecologies, Decoloniality, Contemporary Performance &#38;amp; Visual Art.

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 ‘The Seemingly Innocent Are Not Without Danger’. Photography by Eda Sancakdar - 2024
Sebastian and their affiliated projects have recieved funding from Arts Council England, the British Council, Greater London Authority, Creative Folkestone, Culture Ireland,&#38;nbsp;Kent County Council, Inspire Lewisham, Roger De Haan Charitable Trust and Live Art U.K. as well as other charities and local authorities.&#60;img width="1418" height="928" width_o="1418" height_o="928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/774c8858f0f6959e820270f932bccd93823cc0b970f68b3fb267cab4bb6dbb75/18a.png" data-mid="186404815" border="0"  src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/774c8858f0f6959e820270f932bccd93823cc0b970f68b3fb267cab4bb6dbb75/18a.png" /&#62;Video still: ‘Crossing’ at ]performance s p a c e [ - Deptford, London. Image courtesy of the artist - 2014
Some of their most recent activities include: co-curating ‘Entanglements of the Apocalypse’ at VSSL Studio, touring of their solo exhibition ‘Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light’ (2024/25),&#38;nbsp;re-performing ‘Phoenix’ at CT20, being in conversation with Tamsin Hong (Exhibitions Curator - Serpentine Galleries),  co-curating ‘Archipelago: Visions in Orbit’ at Whitechapel Gallery (2024/25), performance of ‘Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow)’ and participation in the group exhibition ‘Pretty Doomed’ at Ugly Duck (2023), a joint exhibition with&#38;nbsp;Alicia Radage (2023), and curating a series of solo exhibitions from&#38;nbsp;June Lam, Rocío Boliver &#38;amp; Marcin Gawin as part of ‘FACET’ at VSSL Studio (2023).

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	Additional recent activity has included: guest curating the ‘Intersect series’ at the Live Art Development Agency (2023), speaking on the symposium; ‘Art, Memory &#38;amp; Place’ at Turner Contemporary (2022), as well as performance of their live installation ‘3 Reflections²’ as part of FUTURERITUAL at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London (2022).

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Notable previous activity has also included: curating ‘PSX: A Decade of Performance Art in the U.K.’ (2021) on behalf of ]performance s p a c e [, exhibition of their solo show ‘Working With Entities//Setting Intent’ (2021), and curation of VSSL Studio’s inaugural programme; ‘Gathering in a Time of Plague’ (2021).

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‘Sigil IV - Entanglements (Torresian/Carrion/Entity II)’ - Giclée print on calico, calico, gold leaf, cotton thread - H:162cm x W:62cm unframed - 2024
A selection of Sebastian’s exhibition history may be viewed through this link, and a comprehensive list of their curatorial projects can be viewed here.&#38;nbsp;Subscription to their mailing list is through this link.
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VSSL Studio&#38;nbsp;
2020-26
VSSL Studio was co-founded in 2020 by Benjamin Sebastian &#38;amp; Joseph Morgan Schofield&#38;nbsp;as a place of gathering and creation for contemporary, queer visual art and its’ satellites. 2021 saw the gallery’s inaugural public cultural programme; ‘Gathering in a Time of Plague’.&#38;nbsp;
In 2023 VSSL presented its second curatorial project; FACET, curated by Benjamin Sebastian and co-produced by Ash McNaughton &#38;amp; Mine Kaplangı.In 2025, VSSL launched Entanglements Of The Apocalypse - led by&#38;nbsp;Mine Kaplangı and co-curated by Benajmin Sebastian,&#38;nbsp;Ash McNaughton and Joseph Morgan Schofield.&#38;nbsp;

Partnerships included: Inspire Lewisham, WE EXIST,&#38;nbsp;Deptford X, The Horse Hospital, Antiuniversity, Goldsmiths University,&#38;nbsp;Queer Art Projects,&#38;nbsp;ArtVerge, artfridge, Rose Choreographic School, Rose Bruford College,&#38;nbsp;Atelier PR, ABSTRAKT PR,&#38;nbsp;Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi and Baiba Sprance) and Carefuffle - along with public funding from the National Lottery, Arts Council England, Lewisham Council and Cultúr Éireann &#124; Culture Ireland.

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]performance s p a c e [
2011-2026
]ps[ was co-founded in 2011 by Benjamin Sebastian &#38;amp; Bean with the mission: ‘to nurture the prime conditions for performance art(ists) in the U.K.’ After Bean’s departure in 2020, Sebastian continued as Artistic Director, inviting momentary associate directoships from both Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton.&#38;nbsp;
]ps[ was annually funded by Arts Council England between 2012 &#38;amp; 2021 - most recently in 2021 for the organisations 10th anniversary programme; ‘PSX: A Decade of Performance Art in the U.K.’.Partnerships included: Grace Exhibition Space, Live Art Developement Agency, Grüntaler9, Ugly Duck, Art360,&#38;nbsp;Venice International Performance Art Week, Live Art UK, Bbeyond, Performance Matters, Marlborough Productions, ABSTRAKT PR, Diverse Actions,&#38;nbsp;PAErsche,&#38;nbsp;Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi and Baiba Sprance), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama,&#38;nbsp;Home Live Art,&#38;nbsp;and FUTURERITUAL - along with public funding from the National Lottery, Arts Council England, Kent County Council, Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, Kent Wildlife Trust, The legacy List and Creative Folkestone.


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Becoming Constellation
ongoing
Becoming Constellation was initiated in 2016 by Benjamin Sebastian as an ever evolving / incompletable, transmedial artwork and exhibition.&#38;nbsp;

Encompassing sigil craft, tattooing, visual art exhibition &#38;amp; a continually growing collaborator set; Becoming Constellation seeks to map queer narrative production across people, geographies and time.&#38;nbsp;Collaborators to date include: 

Fabiola Paz,
Dani de’Emilia,
Ryan Burke, 
JD Melling,
Keoui Keijaun Thomas,

Alicia Radage,
Andre Braga Verissimo,

Bean,

Joseph Morgan Schofield,

Matteo Cortés Rios,
Jade Montserrat
and Esther Neff.&#38;nbsp;The project continues and invites collaboration.&#38;nbsp;

becoming constellation
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➣ The Artist Prize
➣ Developing Your Creative Practice

➣ Interviews:&#38;nbsp;
QX, ArtVerge, Gilded Birds

➣ Consignment: LUCID, qap.digital, Hypha Curates


	CURRENT /&#38;nbsp;UPCOMING:


2026
EXHIBITION - Cartographies of Otherness (Vaida Tamoševičiūtė, Benjamin Sebastian, Mauricio Esquivel) - Meno Parkas Galerija - Kaunas (LT -&#38;nbsp;November)

2026/27
JUDGING - The Artist Prize - Firstsite / Zealous - Nationwide (UK - May 2026 - March 2027)
RECENT:2025/26
R&#38;amp;D - Developing Your Creative Practice - Arts Council England - Cairns/London (AUS/UK - October 2025 to October 2026)

2026
RESIDENCY - Tanks Arts Centre - Cairns (AUS - 6th to 26th April)2026
SPEAKING - Tanks Arts Centre - Cairns (AUS - 18th of April)
2025/26
CURATING - Entanglements of the Apocalypse - VSSL Studio - London (UK - July 2025 to March 2026)
2025
EXHIBITION - A Moveable Feast - Cuarted by Cathy Wills - Hypha HQ - London (UK)
2025
EXHIBITION - Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light - Mill 2 Gallery, 1853 Studios - Oldham (UK)&#38;nbsp;
2025
SPEAKING - In conversation with Luca Shaw - 1853 Studios, Mill 2 Gallery&#38;nbsp; - Oldham (UK)&#38;nbsp;

2025
EXHIBITION - Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light - VSSL Studio &#38;nbsp;- London (UK) &#38;nbsp;2024/25CURATING - Archipelago: Visions In Orbit - Whitechapel Gallery - London (UK)


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Specialising in contemporary &#38;amp; ultra-contemporary art with a keen focus on performance art and time-based media, Sebastian has accrued over fifteen years combined curatorial experience as an independent curator, curatorial fellow at Whitechapel Gallery (2023-24), and artistic director of both ]performance s p a c e [ (2011-23) and VSSL Studio (current).&#38;nbsp;

	
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‘Archipelago: Visions in Orbit’ at Whitechapel Gallery - including works by: Jakob Rowlison, Jade de Montserrat, Daniella Valz Gen, Cameron Ugbodu, Esther Teichmann and Güler Ateş - London. Photography courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery - 2024

	They hold an MA in Curating Art &#38;amp; Public Programmes (distinction) from Whitechapel Gallery &#38;amp; London South Bank University, as well as a BA Fine Art (HONS, 1st Class) from the University of Lincoln. 
Sebastian has forged a unique curatorial voice foregrounding the often time-based practices of international queer, global majority, neurodivergent, and womxn artists - reflecting in part their own lived experience as a neurodivergent &#38;amp; disabled, queer British-Settler-Australian.&#38;nbsp;

	
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Installation shots of ‘Biolytic Daughter’ by artists Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan - as part of Entanglements of the Apocalypse - at VSSL Studio, London. Photo documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. 2025-26

	At the core of their curatorial strategy is an acknowledgment that such practices act as critical &#38;amp; speculative agents, imbued with boundless potential to unearth alternative socio-cultural narratives, while generating emergent discourses capable of shaping our futures.


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Installation shots of June Lam’s solo exhibition - as part of FACET - at VSSL Studio, London. Photographed by Marco Berardi - 2023


	Sebastian has collaborated with artists such as: Carlos Martiel, Bassm Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan, Sin Wai Kin, Anne Bean, Jade de Montserrat, Ron Athey, Kira O’Reilly, Maria José Arjona, Martin O’Brien, Rocío Boliver, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Alastair MacLennan, Rubiane Maia, Daniella Valz Gen, Poppy Jackson, Julie Tolentino, selina bonelli,
Sandra Johnston, Dani d’Emilia, Jakob Rowlinson, Güler Ates and Cameron Ugbodu. They have built partnerships with stakeholders such as: Goldsmiths University, Whitechapel Gallery,&#38;nbsp;Inspire Lewisham, Atelier Public Relations, FUTRERITUAL, Queer Art Projects, Abstrakt Publicity, Centre for the Study of the Networked Image (CSNI),&#38;nbsp;Live Art Development Agency, Live Art UK, Diverse Actions, Marlborough Productions, Horse Hospital, Deptford X and Ugly Duck - as well as having secured regular and repeat funding from: Arts Council England, British Council, The Legacy List, Creative Folkestone, Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, Kent Wildlife Trust, Cultúr Éireann &#124; Culture Ireland, Lewisham Council and&#38;nbsp;Kent County Council - to mention but a few.

	
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‘PSX: A Decade of Performance Art in the U.K.’ at Ugly Duck - including works by: Rubiane Maia, Ron Athey, Martin O’Brien, Poppy Jackson, Alastair MacLennan, Anne Bean, Joseph Morgan Schofield, Elvira Santamaria Torrés, selina bonelli, Jade de Montserrat, Benjamin Sebastian, Nina Arsenault, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Nicholas T, Hancock and Kelly, Kris Kanavan &#38;amp; Elizabeth Short (performing as Nick Kilby) - London. Photographed by fenia kotsopoulou - 2021

	Their curatorial practise is deeply rooted in an analytic consideration of their field, exemplified by critical and creative writings on contemporary artistic practice (a selection of which can be read here). 
Below is a comprehensive list of Sebastian’s curatorial projects to date, which can be navigated by clicking individual links or through endless scroll. 

	INDEX:

	
2025• Entanglements Of The Apocalypse
2024• Archipelago: Visions in Orbit
• HERMAPHROGENESIS: Marcin Gawin 
2023
• FRUTAS MADURAS: Rocío Boliver• June Lam• Intersect: Kelvin Atmadibrata in conversation with selina bonelli•&#38;nbsp;Intersect: An oracular practice sharing by SERAFINE1369 and Daniella Valz Gen• Luca Bosani C0041: Time’s Up
2022&#38;nbsp;

• Rocío Boliver: Decrypting Performance Art• Tiding
2021
• PSX: A Decade Of Performance Art In The U.K.

2020/21• Gathering In A Time Of Plague2019• New Queers On The Block (documentation coming soon)• Salvage

	
2018/19
• Pause &#38;amp; Affect
2018
• Visible Pride• New Queers On The Block (documentation coming soon)

2017
• Wake

2016
• Drawn
2014/15• Performance Art Faction

2013
• Performance Ecconomies
2012
• Aliens In New York&#38;nbsp;• ]ps[ Summer Residency• Martin O’Brien: Regimes of Hardship - I, II &#38;amp; III&#38;nbsp;2011• ]ps[+++ArtEvict&#38;nbsp;• Alastair MacLennan• Trashing Performance Fringe&#38;nbsp;• A Queer (dis)position

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		<title>Archipelago: Visions in Orbit</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2024 09:43:42 +0000</pubDate>

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	Archipelago: Visions in Orbit

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	August 2024 - January 2025

Whitechapel Gallery (weblink)
ABOUT:
“The archipelago is diffracted, fractal, necessary in its totality,
fragile or contingent in its unity, passing through and remaining,
it is a state of the world.”&#38;nbsp;- Édouard Glissant
An archipelago is a cluster of islands demarcated by geo-political borders, yet linked through subaqueous landmass. Using the archipelago as a metaphor, the curatorial team have brought together a selection of contemporary myth-makers, dreamers and artistic documentarians, each offering a unique perspective on our shared cultural fabric. This can be seen in the ethereal vessels and portals of Esther Teichmann and the enigmatic leather masks of Jakob Rowlinson. Elsewhere themes of emergence and reflection course through the works of Jade de Montserrat and Cameron Ugbodu, while histories of migration and belonging are echoed in the works of Daniella Valz Gen and Güler Ateș.&#38;nbsp;


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	Aptly positioned in Whitechapel - a place that has and continues to see the coming together of migrant communities in a time of political polarisation - this exhibition allows a space for complex differences to coalesce by acknowledging an underlying connectivity. Accompanying the exhibition is a public programme including a performative intervention and discursive events with invited artists and curators, taking place throughout Whitechapel Gallery’s Autumn season. Further information on each artist, artworks and the public programme can be found via the link below.

	
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	PUBLIC PROGRAMME:
➣ Güler Ateş performance of Woman Under Kitchen Utensils

➣ Curating and Archipelagic Thinking➣ Myth-making and Visioning in Contemporary Art
ARTIST:Esther Teichmann + Jakob Rowlinson&#38;nbsp;+ Jade de Montserrat + Cameron Ugbodu&#38;nbsp;+ Daniella Valz Gen + Güler Ateș


CREDITS: 
Co-curated by Benjamin Sebastian, Gözde Altun, Eve Barnes, Molly Clark, Maria Green, Parastoo Jafari, Hannah Lewis, Alessandro Morter, Kuba Ocean, Yasmin Riley, Angela Sanchez-Castrillon, Ajahee Sekkm-Miles, Cosima Straub and Hannah Walker - as culminating practical thesis for completion of the ‘MA Curating Art and Public Programmes’ through Whitechapel Gallery’ &#38;amp; London Southbank University. All images courtesy of the artists and Whitechapel Gallery.

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		<title>Marcin Gawin</title>
				
		<link>https://benjamin-sebastian.com/Marcin-Gawin</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:56:39 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Benjamin Sebastian</dc:creator>

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	HERMAPHROGENESIS: Marcin Gawin

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	2023

VSSL Studio
(as part of the FACET programme)➣ weblink


ABOUT:
“Long ago, in Ancient Rome, the organs and entrails of sacrificed animals were decoded and interpreted by those tasked with defining the limits of reality. This ancient divination technique— called haruspicy – was performed by a trained priest – called a haruspex – who ritually consulted the liver, lungs, and heart of skinned beasts to discern the will of the gods.


	Interdisciplinary artist Marcin Gawin performs a hybrid form of haruspicy in their new installation Hermaphrogenesis, remixing occult divination techniques with queer aesthetics in new forms of media. Here, the artist is interested in the body as a metaphor for the mutability of fixed systems. 


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	They hack biology by skinning the sciences, exposing the heteropatriarchal and anthropocentric institutionalization of bodies, both inner and outer, as a cyberpunk/witch haruspex. They etch, sculpt, diagram, exegete, cast, photograph, and manipulate a trinity of hand-crafted silicone organs, leaving us to decipher the will of the queer gods the artist has invoked on our behalf...”- Hermaphrogenesis: Organs as Ruins of the Posthuman Body , commissioned exhibiton text from [M] Dudeck

➣ complete text available here

	
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	CREDITS: 
Curated by Benjamin Sebastian on behalf of VSSL Studio. Assistant curators: Ash McNaughton &#38;amp; Mine Kaplangi. Funded by Arts Counicl England.

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		<title>FRUTAS MADURAS: Rocío Boliver</title>
				
		<link>https://benjamin-sebastian.com/FRUTAS-MADURAS-Rocio-Boliver</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Benjamin Sebastian</dc:creator>

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		<description>︎︎︎

	Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver

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2023
VSSL Studio
(as part of the FACET programme)
➣ weblink

ABOUT:
“...Boliver's collaboration with photographer Karolina Bazydlo and collaborator Bartlomiej Gudejko (Rocio’s lover at the time) for the FACET program is a bold challenge to the invisibility of the aging female form and female sexuality...”


	Launch event of Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver - Video courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.

	
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Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver (in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko) - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.

	
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Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver (in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko) - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.


	“...The photographic series of twelve images centers the aging female body within the realm of sexual pleasure, desire, and erotic play. The artist has reimagined the conventional 'pin up' calendar idea and created exquisite portrayals of womanly autonomy and female sexuality...”

	
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Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver - Rocío Boliver performing in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.

	
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Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver - Rocío Boliver performing in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko&#38;nbsp;- Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.


	CREDITS: 
Curated by Benjamin Sebastian on behalf of VSSL Studio. Assistant curators: Ash McNaughton &#38;amp; Mine Kaplangi. Funded by Arts Counicl England.

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		<title>June Lam</title>
				
		<link>https://benjamin-sebastian.com/June-Lam</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:59:16 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Benjamin Sebastian</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://benjamin-sebastian.com/June-Lam</guid>

		<description>︎︎︎

	June Lam

	&#60;img width="6720" height="3157" width_o="6720" height_o="3157" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb07b7b78dcca932719b26a457cec6a40a1a7545c4220df3e9d972ee70723b11/Copy-of-Opening_Facet_-2-of-10.jpg" data-mid="197306408" border="0"  src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb07b7b78dcca932719b26a457cec6a40a1a7545c4220df3e9d972ee70723b11/Copy-of-Opening_Facet_-2-of-10.jpg" /&#62;

	
2023
VSSL Studio 
(as part of the FACET programme)➣ weblink

ABOUT:“...Collage has a rich history in queer aesthetics and has been a favoured medium for many queer artists. The act of collage-making mirrors the world-making practices of queer culture, where individuals and communities necessarily have learnt to explode, edit, discard and reassemble societal norms and expectations to create their own forms of identities, communities and aesthetics...”


	June Lam - Launch event - Video courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.

	
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June Lam - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.

	
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June Lam - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.


	“...In this sense, collage can be seen as a form of resistance to dominant cultural narratives and a way to create new possibilities and futures. June Lam's use of collage in his work for the FACET programme continues this tradition. June will be exhibiting 25 new and recent collage works, initiated during the COVID-19 Lockdowns...”

	
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June Lam - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.

	
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June Lam - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi &#38;amp; Baiba Sprance.


	CREDITS: 
Curated by Benjamin Sebastian on behalf of VSSL Studio. Assistant curators: Ash McNaughton &#38;amp; Mine Kaplangi. Funded by Arts Counicl England.

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