Kicking off the program's first dedicated session, Dr Astrid Lorange will reflect on recent writing, while Dr Ali Chalmers Braithwaite will introduce their project The Body Traces Archive: Designing Slimy VR for Queer Embodiment. This participatory conversation will encourage attendees to examine methods for subverting dominant visual and descriptive modes of representing bodies in virtual space.

The in-gallery exchange will be followed by a body trace drawing VR workshop facilitated by the speakers.

About the public program

Bodies of water is a free learning program presented in parallel with the UTS Gallery exhibition A river runs through (5 May – 29 August 2026) by Spence Messih.

Contact the host of Bodies & boundaries with Dr Astrid Lorange and Dr Ali Chalmers Braithwaite