CLOAK: Queer Science, Fashion and Photography opening night.
LGBTQI+ scientists and UTS fashion designers collaborate to turn discarded lab coats into new garments, with results captured in a new video work.
![Two people stand in a photography set, one laughing to camera the other covering face with hands. Backdrop of parted silk material, including support structures, clearly visible.](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_generic_large_x1/public/2023-01/2023-DAB-CLOAK-event.jpg?itok=TWPfgZ71)
Image: Courtesy Cherine Fahd
In a field in which recent research reveals many professionals remain closeted, we asked a dozen LGBTQI+ scientists to share their stories with UTS fashion designers. The designers then transformed discarded lab coats into new garments responding to the scientists’ queer histories.
This cross-disciplinary project spotlights diversity in science through fashion, photography and video performance. A new video work directed by award-winning artist Cherine Fahd captures the results of this sustainable co-design experiment against the backdrops of the UTS Fashion Lab and the University of Sydney’s School of Chemistry.
Join Alice Motion [2020 Eureka Prize Winner for Promoting Public Understanding of Science], DJ Annabelle Gaspar and other queer scientists and fashionistas to celebrate opening night.
![Three images of people in redesigned lab coats each with the fashion designer](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_generic_large_x1/public/2023-01/CLOAK%20triptych.jpeg?itok=mEtrHE9p)