The BOO: Political Posters Open Call Exhibition
Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art, AAANZ Conference,
Creative Space, RMIT University, Melbourne
5 — 7 December 2018
During the AAANZ conference, Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art, The BOO set up operations in RMIT’s Creative Space in Melbourne’s CBD. In response to an open call, over 70 political posters from 45 contributors were displayed. Two BOOreaucrats inhabited the space, facilitated conversations generated by the posters and conducted surveys. The chief survey question, ‘Where are you from?’ prompted agonistic dialogue, while other (less efficient) bureaucratic functions were performed. The exhibition formed part of The' BOO’s ongoing administration of critical artistic gestures relating to the difficult proposition of being ‘from Australia’.
Photographer: Samira Ghasempour
Contributors: Ambulance, Grace Sophie Barelier, Franca Barraclough, BOOreaucrats – Peter Burke and Benjamin Sheppard, Nick Chilvers, Greg Creek, Desert Star Traders, Peter Drew, Oliver Eclipse, Alex Gibson, Catherine Gomersall, Ceri Hann, Brigid Hansen, Alison Hittmann, Raafat Ishak, Richard Harding, Dina Indrasafitri, Alex Kelly, Lucy Stewart-Kenneth, Jeffrey Kessel, Livia Kneubühler, Nico Liengme, Nico Liengme and Laurie May, Chips Mackinolty, Amanda Morgan, Wendy Murray, Esther Nunn, Performprint – Joel Gailer and Jenny Hall, Maz Prescott, Projekt Symbiosis, Public Field Office – Linda Roberts and Ceri Hann, Rumen Rachev, Elvis Richardson, Katie Sfetkidis, Dianne Stokes, Sonia Symantas, Bianca Tainsh, Masato Takasaka, Julie Jat Taylor, Nat Thomas, Nick Waddell, Ways and Means, Elmedin Zunić.