Party Hard: After the Party

This bold new exhibition at Tasma Terrace explores the traces of celebration across time – from Edwardian gatherings to the first Sydney Mardi Gras and today’s queer clubs.

Garments take centre stage not as pristine fashion, but as material witnesses. Ripped lace, stained satin and loosened sequins reveal energy, vulnerability and defiance. Each piece holds memory, intimacy and protest, reminding us that clothing carries more than style – it carries resilience and identity.

Historic treasures sit alongside striking contemporary works by queer creatives Gerard O’Connor, Richard Nylon and Gwendolynne, forming a kaleidoscope of queer joy and resistance, where the after-party lives on through memory, material and community.

Part of Midsumma Festival.