Screaming, licking, swallowing, spitting, scraping, coping … from horror to hedonism. An afternoon of performance, based on issues of injustice, voyeurism and bodily experience.

The Lab kicks off in Gallery 2 at 1pm with … two women laughing … two women crying … challenging notions of cultural difference. Shrine by Doyle will be developed into an installation to be exhibited in Melbourne and Pakistan.

In EXW/OUT 'ethnick militant', Yiorgos Zafiriou screams in protest to the 'mistreatment of asylum seekers by the Australian Government'. He then dresses in a chador and surrounds himself with white bread and pomegranate paste and meditates on the complexities of Islamic identity in Australia in Pomegranates From Teheran.

Ever since she came across a WWll instruction manual illustrating actions in the case of nuclear attack, Sue Ellen Dodd has been obsessed with the notion of assistance under catastrophic conditions. Pick Up, is part of an ongoing project dealing with help and rescue.

In a blue nightie, on a lino floor covered in a pink substance Natalie Woodlock performs Crawl, an experiment in horror and desire, in context of the female experience.

Voyuerism, the public and private, and the feminine are also subjects addressed by Deborah Garden. Valentines Manifesto to Lust Part Two: Exchanging Fluids, is a three hour performance, involving latex and liquid.

There will be performances throughout the day in various galleries - please refer to attached program.

For further information and/or images please contact
Jan Duffy on 9209 6794 or email admin@lindenarts.org