I remember when Aaron Webster was murdered. Back in the 90s, the story was all over the news. He was a gay man who was hunted down in the trails of Stanley Park where gay men were known to go cruising. He was beaten to death with baseball bats by 3 people, one charged as a minor, and the other two - Ryan Cran and Danny Rao, as adults.
"Unsavoury Witness is a photo-based installation that includes laser-engraved photographs, photographic murals, intermedia, print media, and court transcripts from the Supreme Court of British Columbia on the 2001 murder of Aaron Webster in Stanley Park. This immersive exhibition foregrounds homophobia’s intimate connections with public spaces, institutionalised systems, societal responses, queer bodies, and desire."
Register for your free ticket to the opening night reception at the SUM Gallery on Wed. April 16 at 6pm.
The exhibit runs from April 16 until June 6 at the SUM Gallery .
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