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Názov: Performing the 'Ladies Lounge'.
Autori: Leiboff, Marett, Mulcahy, Sean
Zdroj: Law & Humanities; Nov2025, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p361-382, 22p
Predmety: SEX discrimination against women, SEX discrimination, LEGAL procedure, EXHIBITION space, COURTS, JURISPRUDENCE
Abstrakt: In this article, we rethink, using theatrical jurisprudence and the field of law and performance, the logics deployed in the case of Lau v Moorilla Estate, and on appeal, Moorilla Estate v Lau. The case was instigated by Mr Jason Lau when he was denied access to the 'Ladies Lounge', a participatory installation at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art where the process of being admitted or refused admission was part of the art itself. On appeal, the Tasmanian Supreme Court held that refusal of entry was essential to the artistic purpose of the Ladies Lounge – to produce a response to the historical and ongoing discrimination against women – and that this had been missed by the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. We explore the fundamentally different logics and interpretative universes created by Tribunal and Court by taking our reader behind the scenes to reveal why these decisions differed so dramatically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstrakt:In this article, we rethink, using theatrical jurisprudence and the field of law and performance, the logics deployed in the case of Lau v Moorilla Estate, and on appeal, Moorilla Estate v Lau. The case was instigated by Mr Jason Lau when he was denied access to the 'Ladies Lounge', a participatory installation at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art where the process of being admitted or refused admission was part of the art itself. On appeal, the Tasmanian Supreme Court held that refusal of entry was essential to the artistic purpose of the Ladies Lounge – to produce a response to the historical and ongoing discrimination against women – and that this had been missed by the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. We explore the fundamentally different logics and interpretative universes created by Tribunal and Court by taking our reader behind the scenes to reveal why these decisions differed so dramatically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:17521483
DOI:10.1080/17521483.2025.2491912