‘Viki and Ali, 2001′, by Scotty So, one of the photographic works in the ’50+’ exhibition at Benalla Art Gallery (also part of PHOTO2024). Image: Supplied.
Artist Scotty So is not someone to shy away from fraught spaces where fictions and realities seem to overlap, or where the lines between the real and unreal appear evermore indistinct.
So’s multidisciplinary practice – which includes elements of drag, performance art and photography – often place his own body in the frame to reveal the illusory nature of what is on the surface, and show us how different narratives often operate underneath.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
