Media Release
CHLOE HAYDEN CURATES THE POWERHOUSE COLLECTION
Actor and advocate Chloe Hayden brings her personal perspective to Powerhouse this June, as guest curator for Powerhouse Materials, a new series that invites creative voices to explore the Powerhouse Collection through the lens of a single material.
Launching on 28 June, Powerhouse Materials: Textiles is the first instalment in a new program from the museum, with Hayden—best known for her role as Quinni in Heartbreak High—curating a deeply personal and sensory-rich selection of diverse textile objects, from a robot bull used in cattle mustering to brown suede Miu Miu boots worn by acclaimed Australian costume designer Catherine Martin and miniature hand made papier-mâché cows.
Powerhouse Materials: Textiles draws on Hayden’s neurodivergent lived experience and her love of country life, fashion, storytelling and the importance of difference, through touch and texture.