Launch: Sixty nine

Join Verge in celebrating the launch of Sixty nine by Sidney McMahon.

Sixty nine is an immersive sculptural exploration of the symbolic and emotional terrain of the number 69 as a cycle of life, death, queerness, and intimacy. Anchored in the architecture of the home, the work navigates domestic spaces as sites of eroticism, grief and repetition.

Sixty nine evokes the five stages of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - as nonlinear, looping states.

Tender, raw, and unsettling, it considers how care and rupture coexist, how desire and mourning blur, and how queer intimacy reclaims space within familiar cycles of loss, pleasure, and transformation.

Food and drinks provided at the launch. All welcome. 

Learn more about the exhibition and related public programs here.

VENUE ACCESS

Wheelchair access - there are two lifts available: one on City Rd and one on Maze Crescent.

Accessible and all-gender bathrooms are located about 90 metres from Verge. They are equipped with a handrail. A baby-change table is available.
Guide Dogs and support animals are welcome at Verge.

For detailed access information to the venue, please visit the Access page on Verge's website.

Image: Sidney McMahon, Sixty nine,2025. Image courtesy of the artist.