Display of Affection

Artist: Luke George

Ongoing installation series (2018-current)

Photo documentation by:
Liam Wright
Luke George
Gianna Rizzo
Joseph Mayer
Sarah Forgie

An ongoing installation series, DISPLAY OF AFFECTION explores the intersection between the function and craft of macramé and the aesthetics and dynamics of rope bondage to explore the body, desire, kink and queerness. The series is a way to untangle non-normative intimacies in the public space and rethink the practice and transmittance of consent, pleasure and wisdom between bodies.

No.1 - SLING (2018)
Midsumma Festival 2018, Company of Men Exhibition, Tacit Galleries, Jan 2018
Sydney WorldPride, Unravelling Queerly Exhibition, Australian Design Centre, Feb-Mar 2023

No.2 - PLANT (2020)
Midsumma Festival 2020, Company of Men Exhibition, Club80 Cruising Club, Jan 2020
Carriageworks, Nights - CONSENT, Aug 2023
Melbourne Fringe Festival, BROLGA, Joel Bray Dance, The Substation, Oct 2023)

No.3 - GOWN (2021)
Midsumma Festival, Temperance Hall, April 2021
National Gallery of Victoria, Nights, Feb-Apr 2023
Now or Never Festival, Royal Exhibition Building, Aug 2024

No.4 - HOLE (2022)
Thotful Exhibition, The Bearded Tit, Aug-Oct 2022
Craft Contemporary, Hope St Radio, Collingwood Yards, Oct-Nov 2022
Sydney WorldPride, Unravelling Queerly Exhibition, Australian Design Centre, Feb-Mar 2023

No 5. PUPPY (2024)
Pet Shop, Craft Victoria, Mar-May 2024