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.

Here, garments take centre stage not as pristine objects of fashion, but as material witnesses. Ripped lace, stained satin, sequins loosened from exuberant dancing – these marks of wear reveal the body’s energy, vulnerability and defiance. Each piece holds memory, intimacy and protest, as a reminder that clothing embodies more than style: it carries resilience and identity.

The exhibition brings together historic treasures with striking contemporary visions by queer creatives Gerard O’Connor and Gwendolynne. Together, they construct a kaleidoscope of queer resilience and joy, showing how the after-party continues in memory, material and community.

Come along to the opening night on 5 February, for an evening of live beats and conversation.

Part of Midsumma Festival.