The Huxleys: Fantastic Voyage ARTIST TALK

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Dates & Times:

Saturday, 22nd February 2025 @ 3:00pm

Albany Town Hall

The Huxleys are a dynamic duo of cataclysmic proportions, presenting queer spectacle and disco-infused wizardry across the visual art, performance, and fashion worlds. Their photography and performance art traverse the realms of costume, film, and recording.

With a visual assault of sparkle, surrealism, and absurdity, The Huxleys saturate their practice with glamorous, androgynous freedom, aiming to bring escapism and magic to everyday life.

The Huxleys: Fantastic Voyage exhibition embarks on a surreal journey through the luminescent landscapes of the glamorous art deviants as they look back on 10 years of photography, film, costume, and chaos. This exhibition offers a magical detour from everyday life, inviting you to surrender yourself to a queer wonderland where too much is never enough.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience The Huxleys live in conversation with Annette Carmichael at the artist talk on Saturday 22 February at Albany Town Hall.

The in-conversation session will open with a short film about the artists and conclude with a Q&A.

Registrations are essential for this exclusive event – places are limited so get in quick!.

Albany Pride Festival 2025 is thrilled to present The Huxleys: Fantastic Voyage at Albany Town Hall, proudly supported by Albany Community Bank and with thanks to the generous curatorial support of Fremantle Arts Centre. The exhibition runs from the 22 February – 22 March, 2025. Doors are open 10am – 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

Content Warning: This exhibition/event contains some adult themes, nudity and a lot of fabulous sparkle. Please contact Albany Town Hall on 6820 3850 if you require further information.

Dates & Times

Saturday

22nd February, 2025

3:00pm

Location

Albany Town Hall

217 York St, Albany WA 6330

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Price

Free

Duration

Accessibility Information

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Event Accessibility

Lighting

Lighting will be bright

Audible

Noise will be moderate, with amplified speaking

Space & Seating

This is a cocktail style event, please contact the venue directly if you require seating

Alcohol

Alcohol will be served at this event

Non-alcoholic options are available at the bar

Venue Accessibility

Parking

ACROD parking is available on York Street and in the Library car park

Toilets

One bathroom with three stalls

One ambulant, single-stall bathroom

One wheelchair-accessible bathroom with right-hand rail

Levels

Lift available to the first floor

Entrances

Ramp to entrance

Double-width glass automatic sliding door entry

Talent

The Huxleys

Annette Carmichael

The Huxleys

Will and Garrett Huxley (Aus/Gumbaynggirr/Yorta Yorta) are Melbourne-based collaborative performance and visual artists. Who work together as The Huxleys.

The Huxleys are a dynamic duo of cataclysmic proportion who present camp commentary and spectacle across the visual art, performance and entertainment sectors. Their photography and performance art traverses the classifications of costume, film and recording. A visual assault of sparkle, surrealism and the absurd, The Huxleys saturate their practice and projects with a glamorous, androgynous freedom which sets out to bring some escapism and magic to everyday life.

Since 2014 The Huxleys have performed, exhibited and participated in numerous exhibitions, projects and events in Australia, and internationally in London, Berlin, Moscow and Hong Kong. Solo presentations, performances and commissions include the Melbourne International Arts Festival; Melbourne Fashion Week; Sydney Contemporary; Hong Kong Design Week; Heide Museum of Modern Art; Art Bank, Melbourne; NGV; AGNSW; QAGOMA; AGSA; AGWA and the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; The Huxleys first came to prominence during the early years of MONA FOMA and Dark Mofo in Tasmania.

The Huxleys photographs are included in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; HOTA, Gold Coast; Pictures Collection at the State Library of Victoria; Geelong Gallery, Geelong; Curtain University Gallery, Perth.

The Huxleys consist of Will and Garrett Huxley. To show solidarity with the flight for gay marriage Garrett took on Will’s surname. This was also to commemorate their ongoing love and connection as partners of over 15 years. In the early days of working together when Will and Garrett would show up in costume, performers and audiences would say “look the Huxleys are here!” and this kept happening so they decided to adopt the joining of their names as a message of love and unity through their relationship and work and have continued working with this artistic moniker, gifted to them by the artistic community of Melbourne which they love and adore.

The Huxleys live and work on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and wish to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, paying respect to elders past, present, and emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

(Credit: The Huxleys official website)

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