Gillies, Dobbie & Smyth
NEXT SHOWS
Pride Palace
29 November
The Rechabite
Perth, West Australia
An evening of corporate presentations and personal optimisation. But queer.
Thanks for attending today’s talks, it means a lot that you’re here.
This is Queer PowerPoint – a new experimental performance series. We invite queer artists from across Sydney to explore and share an idea, current obsession, or ongoing fascination using that most staid and ubiquitous of programming tools – PowerPoint.
It’s a bunch of queers deep diving into highly niche content in a very gay way.
Reclaiming and queering the corporate presentation from our straight capitalist overlords, creators Xanthe Dobbie and Harriet Gillies host this night of surprising stories, secret passions and starwipes, with jonny seymour (stereogamous) on decks, Charlie Kember wizarding the visuals, and Thom keeping it all greased and running smooth.
We commission artists to create a new 10-minute performance lecture about absolutely anything – the only rules are it has to be queer af, and they have to use Microsoft PowerPoint.
Come back together and revel in the new strangeness with a digital tool from a simpler time.
Presentation History
2024
Nov: Pride Palace at The Rechabite | Perth, WA
Line-up: E-Dizzle, Fleur Ellis, Harper Nguyen, Mitch Whelan, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies, DJ HENNY
Nov: MELT Festival at The Princess | Brisbane, Qld
Line-up: Emil Canita, Dr Anna Hickey, Maddie Rae, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gilles, DJ SweatyBaby
Oct: TransPride Taipei presented with Homopleasure | Taipei, Taiwan
Line-up: Hannah Monina, 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒖 & 唐亞 (𝑻𝑾) ┊ 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂（𝑻𝑾 瘋家) ┊銀河大舞廳 (𝑻𝑾) ┊淑女俱樂部(𝑻𝑾)
Sept: Art Gallery of NSW | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: McKenzie Wark (NYC), George Haddad, Taimania Foa’i & Davina Chor, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gilles
Aug: Marrickville Library | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Ali Murphy-Oates, Lucille MacKellar, Leen Rieth, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
Aug: Now or Never at Federation Square Festival | Melbourne, VIC
Line-up: Sam McGowan, Sammaneh Pourshafighi, Keeley Wins
Aug: Darwin Festival | Darwin, NT
Line-up: Big D, Lani Elixir, Tea, Coby Ann Edgar, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
July: Bondi Festival | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Angharad Rad Yeo, Bec Gallo, Daley Rangi, Farz Edraki, Olive Roney, Sarah Jessica Carpark, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
June: International Symposium of Electronic Arts at The Princess | Brisbane, QLD
Line-up: Angharad Rad Yeo, Elizabeth, Julian Palacios, Rae White, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
May: Biennale of Sydney at White Bay Power Station | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Christopher Bryant, Su Goldfish, Shahmen Suku, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
March: Sad Dyke Sundays | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Harriet Gillies & Thom Smyth
2023
December: Jack Halberstam in assoc with The Power Institute | Sydney, WA
Line-up: Demon Derriere, Jack Halberstam, Angharad ‘Rad’ Yeo, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
November: WA Museum Boola Bardip x Pride WA | Perth, WA
Line-up: JC, Elijah Bartholomew, Phoebe Sullivan, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
October: Transpride Taipei x Homopleasure | Taipei, Taiwan
Line-up: Betty Apple, Feifain, Hsiung Yunpei, VV, Yu Cheng-Ta, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
September: The Bearded Tit | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Kieran Bryant, Jade Muratore, Harriet Gilles & Thom Smyth
September: Now or Never NONSTOPWKD | Naarm/Melbourne, Vic
Line-up:Ayebatonye Abrakasa, Emil Canita, Jean Hinchliffe, Tara Suamba, Ari Tampubulon, Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
July: Sydney Opera House | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Jazz Money, Jullian Lataquin (Fried Pork Chop), Troy M Reid + Xanthe Dobbie & Harriet Gillies
June: RISING Festival | Naarm/Melbourne, Vic
Line-up: Harriet Gillies, Xanthe Dobbie, Emma McManus, Tara Suamba, Dani Leever, Simona Castricum, Pat da Silva, Elijah Money, jonny seymour, Emil Canita, Dr. Rayne Holland
June: Australian Performing Arts Market | Melbourne, Vic
February: Sydney WorldPride at University Technology Sydney | Sydney, NSW
Line-Up: Micha Couell, Xanthe Dobbie, Coby Ann Edgar, Fried Pork Chop, Harriet Gillies, Jade Muratore
2022
December Christmas Special: Pleasures Playhouse | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Salote Tawale, Sarah Jessica Carpark, Solly Frank, Gus McGrath, jonny seymour
November: WA Museum Boola Bardip | Perth, WA
Line-up: Xanthe Dobbie, Harriet Gillies, Desk Goblin, Dakota Jones, Louis King, Nicola Macri
October: Pleasures Playhouse | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Ayebatonye, Ce Benedict, Jack Colwell, Xanthe Dobbie, Solomon Frank, Harriet Gillies, Salote Tawale
May: Museum of Contemporary Art | Sydney, NSW
Line-up: Nat Caro, Xanthe Dobbie, Harriet Gillies, Gus McGrath & jonny seymour
2021
December: 107 Projects | Redfern, NSW
Line-up: Kieran Bryant, Sarah Jesica Carpark, Xanthe Dobbie, Harriet Gillies, Kia Kaha & Marcus Whale
Creative Team
Co-Creators
Harriet Gillies, Xanthe Dobbie & Thom Smyth
Co-Curators & Featuring
Harriet Gillies & Xanthe Dobbie
Sound & Tunes
jonny seymour
Creative Producer
Thom Smyth // Unfunded Empathy
Production Manager
Charlie Kember
Production Info
Queer PowerPoint is a new work commissioning platform allowing artists time, space and support to dive deep into a new idea.
We have a flexible and low-impact delivery model suited to lecture theatres, gallery spaces, bars, or more traditional theatre venues.
For more information, please contact Thom: thom@unfundedempathy.com
Queer Powerpoint was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW, and 107 Projects through their 107 Presents Artist Residency Program.
Please get in touch for more info – thom@unfundedempathy.com
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