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silence = death
or the lifecycle of the contemporary homosexual, actual photos by Mathew Jones

Publication
1991

An accompanying photo essay published on the event of Mathew Jones solo exhibition silence = death presented at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (1990), 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne (1991) and Artspace, Sydney (1991). 

photography
Jan McArthur

model 
Rohan Storey

design 
Mathew Jones 
Jan McArthur

typeset/layout 
Gail Hastings

This project was assisted by the Australia Council, the Federal Government's Arts Funding & Advisory body.

International Bookshop
200 Gertrude Street
Rose Lang

Institute of Modern Art
Nicholas Tsoutas 

Special thanks to: Jan McArthur, Rohan Storey, Kate Fletcher, Gail Hastings.

© Mathew Jones 1991

200 Gertrude Street, Incorporating Gertrude Street Artists Spaces, gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Victorian Ministry for the Arts, and the Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council. 

The Institute of Modem Art receives financial assistance from the Queensland Government through the Min­istry for the Arts and assistance from the Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council. 

Exhibition publication, 'silence = death', 1991, 200 Gertrude Street. Artwork courtesy and © Mathew Jones, 1991.

We rally to the slogan because they have forced us to, but keep the silence, as a place where we refuse to use their terms. 

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