Cassie Gilmore-Freeth

'this is how we survive. how we create ourselves from visions and create our worlds to match' - joan of arc, zia ravenscroft, 2026 DIVINE ACTS was launched just over a month ago and it could not have been a more delightful and joyous evening. Being the recipient of the Ruth and Oswald L Kraus Innovator-in-Residence Scholarship for 2025 and creating Aotearoa's first entirely transgender anthology of art of writing has been one of the best experiences and greatest achievements of my life so far. As of this week the first edition has SOLD OUT! You can continue to purchase it from Unity Books as we print more ✨️ I am so, so grateful and proud of all of the artists, performers, writers, and creators who trusted me with their work, and eternally thankful to Sydney Shep at the Wai-te-ata Press and to my incredible designer Cal Ma for their work on the Divine Acts. Making a book is not easy so thank you to my friends and whānau for keeping me (relatively) sane throughout this process, you know who you are. Special thank you to @vixentemple.666 who has seen me flourish over the course of our friendship and launched this pukapuka 🖤 I said it best myself in the prologue, which ends with: 'I’ve always been drawn to queer interpretations of religious feeling. One of my favourite lines I’ve ever written is ‘God loved me so much he made me twice and gave me a choice.’ This was exaggerated for poetic effect, as I’ve also always been fairly critical of organised religion and God in general. I do believe my transition is a divine act - but if anything is divine, it is trans people’s strength and survival. This book is divided into three acts that take you through Heaven and Earth, and the Body and Blood. We explore the limits, tensions, complexities and possibilities of transness and identity. We experience divinity because we are divinity. Finally, we erupt into Light. ' Divine Acts celebrates trans lives and artistry in a world and current political climate that wants us unable to transition or dead. Please make sure you are enrolled to vote and that your details are correct ahead of this year's election so we can protect our trans whānau 💖🏳️‍⚧️ 📸 by @bondjei 💫

cassie shoot plus bonus boyfriend pic :D

Thanks to the (26) Artists living here and in Lebanon who donated art to be auctioned with just less than 2 weeks notice! Along with the folk who came to the event and those who were able to place bids on the art, the bands who played and the business who donated to the raffles we managed to raise and send $2405 to the Emergency Relief network in Lebanon !!! We also split the raffle proceeds and were able to donate $100 each to Red Crescent Iran And Workers for Palestine to help with all they are doing . Artists and credits follow. I think we should do this again folk! Creativity is power and our community is powerful (and quite lovely to be around 🥰) xxx Artists in alphabetical order: Ash Flemrocks Cassie Gilmore-Freeth @roach_corpse Dan Harris @illojgali Dan Ross @danthesteampunkman Helena Holly Fenwick @decay_devotion Izzy Rodriguez @nenemalove103 Kedron Parker @kedronparker Kieran Monaghan @skirted_records King Komodo @kingkomodo Leah Zraika @lhzraika Lo Aleen @lo_aleen Menno Huibers @mennohuibers The Mirco Mill @micro_mill_ Mildly radioactive Jewellery @mildlyradioactivejewellery Niall Hamilton @hamilton_niall Nicole Gaston @niceassets Phao @fluxuxus Quintin Ellery @buriedpigshead Ruby Nekk @contact.mike Sarah Rossiter @deropots Sasha Francis @_sashafrancis Tiffany Moujaes @tiffanymoujaes Tyler Clifton @t_clifton_ Zoe Rouselle @zoerousselle Thanks again so much to Jason at @urbandreambrokerage for hosting and everything you did to help make this work.

A shout of of appreciation for our creative community here and across the globe ❤️ Just a week ago we called out for donations of art for the silent art auction emergency relief fundraiser (happening next Thursday 26th March). Within days so many artists had replied to our call, eager to contribute their art in solidarity against war pigs and with upmost respect for those helping and compassion for those affected . These are some of the artists so far whose art will be available in the auction. All proceeds from sales of art go to a grassroots group on the ground in Lebanon (@juliettejabra ), providing emergency relief to people forcibly displaced by ongoing bomb attacks. We are still appreciatively accepting donations of goods or vouchers for the raffles .All ticket sales from these will go towards Red Crescent Iran, and Workers For Palestine. Artists featured in reel in order of appearance Kieran Monaghan @skirted_records Jess Stab @hex_products Sasha Francis @_sashafrancis Holly Fenwick @decay_devotion Dan Harris @illojgali Ruby Nekk @contact.mike Nicole Gaston @nice.assets Tyler Clifton @t_clifton_ The Micro Mill @micro_mill_ Dan Ross @danthesteampunkman Quintin Ellery @buriedpigshead Cassie Gilmore-Freeth @roach_corpse Niall Hamilton @hamilton_niall Izzy Rodriguez @nenemalove103 King Komodo @kingkomodo Phao @fluxuxus Music in the reel by Frances Grass @francesgrasses who will be one of the musical acts performing at this event on Thursday along with @marchofthekorora @junipermay_ and @serpent.dream

Some shots from @dirt_x_mesh at @newtownfestnz from @phoebe_lysbethk (thank you)! Some hints of the incredible install from @roach_corpse and @commode_commode here as well. Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in for a noisy send as the sun went down, and to Lucy and Emily for their trust and support. Next show news soon, but until then, time for recording work! #noinputmixing #noise #experimental #hardware #aotearoa

Vibes were on in the alley fr. Thanks to @phoebe_lysbethk for capturing our mammoth 10 hour takeover @newtownfestnz & the artists, dancers & crew for making it such a special day 💖

Catgirl Exhaust Fan Cassie Gilmore-Freeth Presented by COMMODE and MESH for Newtown Festival. @roach_corpse @dirt_x_mesh @newtownfestnz

Catgirl Exhaust Fan by Cassie Gilmore-Freeth is a one day only installation, today, 10am–8pm. Presented with MESH at the MESH Alley Stage as a part of Newtown Festival. Cassie will perform at 5.05–5.20PM 📍Donald McLean Street, Newtown. @roach_corpse @dirt_x_mesh @newtownfestnz n

In collaboration with @commode_commode we are stoked to feature work from @roach_corpse - installations will be throughout the day & performance is from 5.05-5.20pm ⛓️ ‘Cassie Gilmore-Freeth is a sculptor and performance artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara whose practice is driven by decay, lesbian sadomasochism, and symbiotic power relations. Through her work she aims to complicate the agency of the human and non-human and forge a perverted functionality that embraces failure, destruction, and ephemerality. She has collaborated with experimental noise improv duo Frogmeat and has performed/shown work at The Dowse, Enjoy contemporary Art Space, Meanwhile Gallery, and Play_Station Artist run space.’

Catgirl Exhaust Fan Cassie Gilmore-Freeth A one day only installation. Sunday 8 March, 10am–8pm. Presented with MESH at the MESH Alley Stage as a part of Newtown Festival. Performance: 5.05–5.20PM Cassie Gilmore-Freeth is a sculptor and performance artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara whose practice is driven by decay, lesbian sadomasochism, and symbiotic power relations. Through her work she aims to complicate the agency of the human and non-human and forge a perverted functionality that embraces failure, destruction, and ephemerality. She has collaborated with experimental noise improv duo Frogmeat and has performed/shown work at The Dowse, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Meanwhile, and Play_Station Artist Run Space. @roach_corpse @dirt_x_mesh @newtownfestnz

A Trans Performance Salon Friday 27 February 2026 5.30pm – 7.30pm Join val smith and Cassie Gilmore-Freeth in a gathering of Irawhiti, Trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists who are exploring performance in their creative practice, or are interested in doing so. We will be hosting a space at COMMODE for connection, support, and sharing, facilitating a discussion about performance practices, and thinking about what is important to each of us at this time. Snacks will be provided. Email to register: [email protected] val smith (Celtic Pākehā, they/them) is a choreographic artist based in Tāmaki Mākaurau. Recent works investigate more-than-human kinship, trans intimacies, and queer temporalities through outdoor urban performances within the cultural contexts of Aotearoa. Cassie Gilmore-Freeth (Celtic Pākehā, she/her) is a sculptor and performance artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, whose practice is driven by decay, lesbian sadomasochism, and symbiotic power relations. val and Cassie are currently working together with a third collaborator, Eleven Greenstones, on a live work called TRUSS for The Performance Arcade 2026.

LAST DAY to view Tinker with works by Eva, Cyberboy666, Cassie Gilmore-Freeth, Frankass!!! Indigogue Browne… The gallery is open 11-4 Image 1,2) Cyberboy666. AVE5_GLITCH_EXCHANGE, PCB switchboard, camera, CRT television. Dimensions variable. Image 1,2) Eva. Overload, Video (8 minutes), sound (12 minutes), CRT television, video cassette recorder, iPod Nano, mirror. Photography by @samsondell___