Celebrate the opening of our new exhibitions It Is Not a Place, Platform, and The Magnificent Levitation Act of Lauren.

At 3pm, hear artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby in conversation with Imelda Miller (Curator, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous Studies, Queensland Museum) on her new show, It Is Not a Place. Afterwards, join us for a reception and be the first to see our three new shows.

Don't miss the rest of our Opening Weekend events on Sunday 21 April, including Artist Talks by Platform artists Miguel Aquilizan, Mia Boe, and Sarah Poulgrain and the launch of our new project Town Hall, a newspaper on Queensland art.

About the Exhibitions

Jasmine Togo-Brisby is an Australian South Sea Islander artist who conjures with an iconography of tall ships, decorative ceilings, and crow feathers. It Is Not a Place features two major new commissions—a sculpture and a video—exploring her identity and the impacts of the Pacific slave trade.

Our new annual exhibition Platform showcases new commissions by emerging Queensland artists under forty, enabling their work to reach wider audiences. In 2024, we present new works by Miguel Aquilizan, Mia Boe, and Sarah Poulgrain.

Angela Su’s pseudo-documentary The Magnificent Levitation Act of Lauren O tells the story of her fictional alter-ego Lauren O, a mysterious circus performer drawn to levitation practices. The centrepiece of her show Arise at the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2022, the video links the perils of flight to the recesses of the mind.

Accessibility

We are committed to making the IMA accessible to people of all abilities, their families, and carers, as well as visitors of different ages and different backgrounds.

The gallery entrance is on the ground floor of the Judith Wright Arts Centre, on Berwick Street. There is wheelchair access and an accessible toilet with baby changing facilities also located on the ground floor, and we welcome guide and support dogs.

If you plan to attend this event and have specific support needs we can accommodate, please contact engagement@ima.org.au, call (07) 3252 5750, or ask our friendly staff on-site. Read our access information for visitors here.⁠