Fistimuff

Commissioned a video work by Australian artist Archie Barry that explores the fluid nature of personality, while eroding the linguistic and visual constructs that govern identity politics.

Continuing the artist’s interest in self-portraiture, the video centres on the adventures of a fictional alter-ego named ‘Fisti’ – a bright pink superhuman who sleeps in a t-shirt, wears frilly socks and speaks in drum rolls and English.

Presented in partnership with Blindside Gallery as part of Channels Festival: International Biennial of Video Art, Melbourne, 28 August – 14 September 2019