Do you have a current or former connection to the City of Kingston?

David Rosetzky is a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist and educator with an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to art making. Often working with practitioners from the fields of theatre, dance, and film, Rosetzky creates videos, installations, and photographic works in which identity is intimately observed.

With an extensive exhibition history both in Australia and overseas, Rosetzky has presented his work in over 30 solo exhibitions and 60 group exhibitions. His Portrait of Cate Blanchett (2008) was exhibited in The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video at the International Centre for Photography in New York. In 2005, he was awarded the Anne Landa Award for the Moving Image. Rosetzky’s recent commissions include Air to Atmosphere (2023) at Castlemaine Art Museum as part of Castlemaine State Festival, Being Ourselves (2020) at Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, and Composite Acts (2019) at Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, for Channels International Biennial of Video Art. In 2014, the Centre for Contemporary Photography curated the survey exhibition True Self: David Rosetzky Selected works, which toured nationally.

David is seeking participants for a new photographic and audio-based installation at Kingston Arts Centre in March 2026. It explores queer presence and the ways identity is expressed, embodied, remembered and situated within space and community.

This is your chance to help inform a new art installation developed through conversations and creative exchange with LGBTQIA+ community members in Kingston. Bringing together photography, sound and text, the exhibition reflects on how we experience and express identity — through our bodies, relationships, and the environments we move through.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS:

The artist invites LGBTQIA+ individuals who currently live or work — or who have previously lived or worked — in the City of Kingston to participate in a new photographic installation.

HOW TO TAKE PART:

Participants may choose their level of visibility — fully present, partially obscured, or anonymous. The project prioritises agency, respect, and collaborative representation.

Participation begins with a friendly, face-to-face chat about the project and your experiences or reflections. There’s no obligation to continue beyond this first meeting. Participation may involve being photographed (studio or on location), offering a short audio reflection, contributing a gesture or moment of presence, or optionally sharing a short written thought.

WHO TO CONTACT:

If you have a Kingston connection (past or present) and feel drawn to take part or learn more, please contact the artist via Instagram @davidrosetzky or via his website davidrosetzky.com

Image credits: David Rosetzky, Horizon (detail), 2024, Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist.