Justin Talplacido Shoulder & The Future Folklore Collective

Justin Talplacido Shoulder is a shape shifting artist and storyteller, working primarily in performance, sculpture, video and collective events. Also known as Phasmahammer, their practice is an eco-cosmology of alter personas based on queered ancestral myth. The artist uses their body and craft as an instrument of metaphysics towards a queer Filipinx Futurism. Shoulder believes in performance and shared ceremony as communal medicine for difficult times. Shoulder is a founding member of queer artist collective The Glitter Militia with partner and key collaborator Matthew Stegh. Shoulder is also co-director of collective Club Ate with artist Bhenji Ra. Inspired by their shared Filipinx heritage and interest to create new narratives of motherhood and sisterhood the pair created a series of fundraisers, balls, and variety nights inviting and celebrating their local Asia- Pacific queer and trans family. Shoulder’s theatre and visual art works have been presented across Australia and Internationally where they work between gallery, nightclub, and theatre contexts.