Queer Uses of Colour

Included in Thinking Through Pink, Daniel Mudie Cunningham’s True Colours (2016) reimagines Cyndi Lauper’s titular 1986 music video as a soundtrack for the false consciousness of Australian nationalism. Though Lauper’s song has become an enduring gay anthem, Cunningham augments its use of colour as a political device to ‘queer’ the meaning of the original anew. Cunningham will talk about the queer uses of colour that inspired his take on True Colours, with reference to other works in the exhibition.