The text for this neon is taken from a 1995 entry in Daniel Mudie Cunningham’s art school journal, which notates an idea for an unrealised work. Adapted from the adage “on a clear day you can see forever” (also the title for a 1970 film starring Barbra Streisand) “on a queer day you can see forever” was fabricated in neon for the artist's survey exhibition Are You There?.
The possibility of “forever” that looms prominently throughout Cunningham’s practice—How long is time? How many reenactments are possible?—is reimagined through simple rephrasing as a sequence of queer fragments. The “queer days” of Cunningham’s life, now symbolically luminescent and interchangeable with “clear,” are those which have retrospectively brought clarity to his configurations of time and memory.
A limited edition t-shirt was created using the artist's hand-written text from this work and is currently available from the Design Store at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, during the solo exhibition, Proud Mary (until 14 April 2024).
On a Queer Day You Can See Forever, 2023
Neon, transformers
61 x 200 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
On a Queer Day You Can See Forever, 2023
Short-sleeved black cotton T-shirt with white text
Available in sizes XS, S, M, L, XL
Printed in Western Sydney, Australia by SC Prints
The possibility of “forever” that looms prominently throughout Cunningham’s practice—How long is time? How many reenactments are possible?—is reimagined through simple rephrasing as a sequence of queer fragments. The “queer days” of Cunningham’s life, now symbolically luminescent and interchangeable with “clear,” are those which have retrospectively brought clarity to his configurations of time and memory.
A limited edition t-shirt was created using the artist's hand-written text from this work and is currently available from the Design Store at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, during the solo exhibition, Proud Mary (until 14 April 2024).
On a Queer Day You Can See Forever, 2023
Neon, transformers
61 x 200 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
On a Queer Day You Can See Forever, 2023
Short-sleeved black cotton T-shirt with white text
Available in sizes XS, S, M, L, XL
Printed in Western Sydney, Australia by SC Prints
