BROKEN-BINARY-BROWN
SIA XRAY (FKA Shoeb Ahmad)
01 December 2017 - 10 February 2018 @ CCAS: Gorman Arts Centre
In a busy year of musical exploits, Sis Xray returns to her sound art roots to deliver broken-binary-brown, an installation work that explores themes of gender identity and breaks down the preconceptions placed on her by society. As a journey that never ends, she uses an electro-acoustic sound world - part minimalist wonderland, part chamber opera - and abstracted imagery to take us through darkness, insecurity, light and hope to reveal the inner being of a person in gender flux, both uneasy within, and at peace with themselves.
A review by Canberra Times Art Critic Peter Haynes can be seen here.
Image: Sia Xray, broken-binary-brown (installation photograph) 2017, dual HD video with stereo sound, 60'00'' duration