The space was designed by Kirsha Kaechele, the wife of Mona founder David Walsh, and inspired the discrimination faced by women in public places.
Hobart’s popular Museum of Old and New Art could be forced to shut down a women’s-only Ladies Lounge created by, if an anti-discrimination case launched by a male lawyer is successful.
Kaechele, who designed and created the Ladies Lounge as an installation in the museum, arrived at the tribunal with theatrical flourish, supported by more than twenty women dressed in sharp navy-coloured suits and wearing pearls – as well as a man in a dashing electric-blue skirt-suit. They watched and silently performed, crossing and uncrossing their legs, clasping their hands to their laps, placing a hand to their chest, peering down their spectacles at the proceedings.
At the heart of Scott’s legal argument was the exception provided by Section 26 of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act 1998, which states: “A person may discriminate against another person in any program, plan or arrangement designed to promote equal opportunity for a group of people who are disadvantaged or have a special need because of a prescribed attribute.
When Grueber further asked her to explain how the artwork addressed imbalances, Kaechele responded: “Because it excludes men. I have taken something that was used to keep women down and I have repurposed it into a triumphant space for women that excludes men. It addresses historic inequalities. Is that not specific enough?”
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