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Beacons 
August 20-31 2025

Red Gallery, Fitzroy North, Melbourne. 

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'Beacons' examines the following four subjects as beacons of truth:

Love and place as driving forces.

The body as organic matter.

Violence as self-perpetuating.

and,

Nature as relentless, neutral, and central.

"l've adopted these ideas into my life as sort of spiritual beacons, commandments, pillars, or precepts. I find myself repeating and relying on them more heavily as politically, culturally and environmentally we're tailspinning out of control. I wonder what to do with the continuous stream of daily tragedies that I am tethered to through my queerness, through the internet, media, my subculture and by compassion. These beacons keep me away from rabbitholes and remind me that multiple truths can co-exist. In a selfish and private way, I use them to shield my soul from despair, senselessness and miracles."

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Video courtesy of Sonya Zeng and Red Gallery

Bonnie-Jean Whitlock 2026

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