Cairns Art Gallery

Artist Talk with Zanny Begg

Join Zanny Begg for a floor talk unpacking the themes explored in her exhibition These Stories Will be Different.

Info Sessions

Event Details

Category

Info Sessions

Event Starts

Mar 14, 2026 11:00

Event Ends

Mar 14, 2026 12:00

Venue

Cairns Art Gallery, Mulgrave Building

Location

51 Esplanade, Cairns City QLD, Australia

These Stories Will be Different brings together three of the Zanny Begg’s most significant video installations, including The City of Ladies (with Elise McLeod) 2017, The Beehive 2018, and Stories of Kannagi 2019. Between them, these works reimagine a medieval feminist utopia, probe the unsolved murder of a high-profile anti-gentrification campaigner and explore the connections between love, loss, and language in diasporic communities in Australia.

The videos tell stories, but they also challenge the politics of storytelling itself. Drawing on ancient literary traditions, non-linear timeframes, and computer-generated randomisation.

Join Zanny Begg for a floor talk further unpacking the themes explored in this exhibition.

For adults, 18+

Free event. RSVP essential.

Image: Zanny Begg, The Beehive, UNSW Galleries, Photo: Steven Siewert, 2019

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