CLOAK brings together LGBTQI+ folk working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine with emerging fashion designers to reinvent the lab coat as a symbol of queer pride.
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.
The CLOAK film can be seen on the Broadway Screen at UTS, and photographic portraits of the scientists and designers will be shown in the UTS foyer Building 1.
Join us for the formal launch of CLOAK with Alice Motion [Eureka Science Communicator of the Year] and other queer scientists and fashionistas.
About the contributors
CLOAK Research Team: Alice Motion, Cherine Fahd, Lee Wallace, Todd Robinson, Victoria Rawlings
Scientists: Alice Motion, Alison Todd, Dominic Hearne, Faelan Mourmourakis, Hervé Sauquet, Kerry Chin, Luca Testa, Michelle Power, Naomi Koh Belic, Solenne Gibson, Srea Islam, Victoria Fu
UTS Designers: Blake Lawrence, Daniel Hadad, Giovanna De Pontes, Lucy Brack, Lucy Burrell, Luke Friend, Samuel Hodge & Francis Everston, Thi Minh Nguyen, Victoria Psarros, Yuanjia Cai
Research Assistant: Kelly Panchyshyn
Video production: Motel Picture Company
Photography: Pamela Pirovic
Venue directions
UTS Central (Level 4A, Building 2)
61 Broadway, Ultimo, 2007
University of Technology Sydney
CLOAK: Queer Science, Fashion & Photography is presented in partnership with Sydney Social Sciences and Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC), and the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney and the Intersectional Design Research Cluster and UTS Fashion & Textiles, School of Design, UTS. CLOAK: Queer Science, Fashion & Photography is presented as part of Sydney WorldPride Pride Amplified.
Banner image: Courtesy Cherine Fahd.
Related event
CLOAK Launch
thurs 16 february 2023
5:30 - 7:30pm
Join us for an evening of celebration as Alice Motion [Eureka Science Communicator of the Year] launches CLOAK alongside queer scientists and fashionistas.
