Celebrating Fusebox!

An Opening and 20th Anniversary Birthday Celebration featuring a Performance by The Huxleys

The public is invited to a free two-for-one at the Jones Center on the opening night of HOST: Fusebox and Fusebox’s 20th anniversary birthday celebration! Be among the first to view the exhibition, which includes samplings of current and former Fusebox artists, then hurry to the rooftop for the birthday bash — including a few shiny, flashy, and sweet guests weaving through the crowd. Yes, there will be a birthday song. Yes, there will be cake.

The 6–9:15P portion of the evening is open for all to attend. Members and invited guests of the museum are encouraged to register for the Members & Friends reception from 5–6P. Become a member today and join for the preview hour! Check out the schedule below to plan your experience.

Stick around for a performance by Australian duo The Huxleys at 8:15pm! The Huxleys will present a sequined serenade of camp wizardry set to a disco beat. Featuring music, costume and video art designed to take you on a magical detour from everyday life.

The schedule for the evening will be:

5–6P Members & Friends Preview
6–9:15P Celebrating Fusebox! Public Reception
6:30P Remarks and a birthday celebration
8:15–9:15P Performance by The Huxleys

For accommodation requests, please email [email protected] .

Learn more about the exhibit, HOST: Fusebox

About the Performers

 
Will Huxley (AUS/UK) and Garrett Huxley (Yorta/Gumbaynggir/AUS) are Melbourne-based collaborative performance and visual artists. The Huxleys are a dynamic duo of cataclysmic proportions who present camp spectacle and disco enthused wizardry across the visual art, performance and entertainment worlds. Their photography and performance art traverses the classifications of costume, film and recording. A visual assault of sparkle, surrealism and the absurd, The Huxleys saturate their practice and projects with a glamorous, androgynous freedom which sets out to bring some escapism and magic to everyday life.

Since 2014 The Huxleys have performed, exhibited and participated in numerous exhibitions, projects and events in Australia, and internationally in London, Berlin, Moscow, New York and Hong Kong. Solo presentations, performances and commissions include the Melbourne International Arts Festival; Melbourne Fashion Week; Sydney Contemporary; Hong Kong Design Week; Heide Museum of Modern Art; Art Bank, Melbourne; NGV; AGNSW; QAGOMA; AGSA; AGWA; Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne; Sydney Festival; Carriageworks, Sydney; Sydney World Pride and the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; The Huxleys first came to prominence during the early years of MONA FOMA and Dark Mofo in Tasmania.

The Huxleys’ photographs are included in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; HOTA, Gold Coast; State Library of Victoria, Melbourne and The Besen Foundation, Melbourne. The Huxleys have been finalists in the National Portrait Prize in both 2022 and 2023 and finalists in Bowness Prize 2022. They were awarded the Wai Tang Commissioning Award, 2024 and the HIghly Commended Fashion Award at the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards, 2024