Quietly Seething: Fate, Fury and Transmutation
Tal Fitzpatrick
7 November 2026 – 30 January 2027
Location | Canberra Contemporary, 44 Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600
Opening Hours | Tuesday – Saturday | 11am – 5pm
Entry | Free
Access | Wheelchair accessible, accessible bathroom, off street parking
This installation invites audiences to sit within the soft and dazzling handcrafted space Fitzpatrick created using applique and embroidery techniques and upcycled materials, while listening on headphones to the brutally honest and sometimes heartbreaking confessions of 60 female identifying and AFAB (assigned female at birth) people who shared their experience of feminine rage with Fitzpatrick through an anonymous online survey.
This project is supported by Canberra Contemporary, Craft + Design Canberra Festival, and artsACT through City of Design funding. The development of this project was supported by HOTA Home of the Arts through the ArtKeeper Program.
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Tal Fitzpatrick (b. 1988) is an Australian artist and researcher based on the unceded lands of the Kombumerri families. She holds a PhD from the Victorian College of the Arts (2018) and is best known for her artistic and academic work in the field of craftivism. As a socially engaged artist working primarily in textiles, Tal’s projects explore craft’s potential as a medium for activism, advocacy and as a tool for participating in the everyday practice of democracy. Alongside collaborators such as Kate Just and Stephanie Dunlap, Tal has lead several global craftivism projects including the Incinerator Gallery’s People’s Choice Award winning @Covid19quilt (2020) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Quilt Project (2016 – 2018) which was acquired by MoAD. Over the last two years, Tal has been delivering craftivist banner making workshops as part of the national tour of her Changemakers banner exhibition with support from MoAD and Commbank.
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Proudly supported by ACT Government, HOTA and Canberra Contemporary
Images | Tal Fitzpatrick | Quietly Seething: Fate, Fury and Transmutation | Photos by Claudio Kirac and Lachlan Woods