In Case We Don’t Live Forever is a photographic archive of our existence, a celebration of resilience, survival and joy. With a carpe diem/live fast die young mentality this selection of images tells the stories of our existence. It presents itself as a queer utopia, a future for us to work towards, to protect.
From an early age, I would loudly and proudly declare that I wouldn’t see 30. That I would die young without any particular reasoning. As a 29 year old who spends a lot of time inside my own mind, I’ve come to realise that when I was young I had no visual examples of my future, no lives I was aspiring to live, no role models I was aspiring to be like. I wasn’t exposed to any form of adult queer persons who were not demeaned and degraded for their ‘lifestyle’ choices. I wasn’t exposed to any celebrations of queer family, or trans joy.
Incase We Don’t Life Forever was exhibited at James Makin Gallery as part of Photo 24.
Documentation by Ivana Smiljanic - More on .au w accompanying essay by Laura Kirkham
My seventh zine No Risk No Fun is now available for preorder!
I’ve made about 10 different drafts this year that never quite felt right but this bad boi feels like the perfect amount of romance and raunch, sentimentality and sexuality and all round just a bit noice (but actually quite naughty - much more NSFW than previous publications).
They’re available through my website (link in bio and soon to be in my story) for the preorder price of $30.
Please contact me directly for overseas postage or if you’re wanting to purchase multiple publications in the one order xxx
Take #2 bc the internet hates me ~ soooo as many of you already know I have been working my little butt off with @purenowhere to publish my first book!! and we’ve fkn done it! It feels surreal to hold such a sentimental series of images and writings bound together in a physical book - like a real book that has been legally published. When I was little I wanted to be an author and apparently I am now 🤪
Anyways I’m really proud of myself and extremely thankful for everyone who has had anything to do with this lengthy process. Even those who had nothing to do with the process but dealt with my exhausted, emotional fluctuations.
The book launch is tomorrow night at Woven Projects on Lygon street and will be available online shortly after.
Kia ora whānau ❤️ Voting for the people’s choice awards for the @portraitau ‘s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 is officially open! It only takes a moment to put in your email and postcode and submit your vote. The winner gets $10k which is bonkers. Would love ur help ❤️❤️❤️
