Juno Gemes

Juno Gemes (born 1944) is a Hungarian-born Australian activist and photographer, best known for her photography of Aboriginal Australians. A performer, theatre director, writer and publisher, Gemes was one of the founders of Australia's first experimental theatre group The Human Body. Early life Juno Gemes was born in 1944 in Budapest, emigrating to Australia with her parents Alex and Lucy Gemes in 1949. Career Theatre Gemes studied at the University of Sydney and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and graduated in 1964. In 1968 Gemes directed The Human Body Australia's first experimental theatre group, established with Johnny Allen and Clem Gorman. Some of The Human Body Performances at the Powerhouse warehouse in Haymarket, featured a geodesic light dome built by Jacky Joy Jacobson and Michael Glasheen from 5,000 light bulbs. Gemes worked in theatre and film, and worked in London sporadically in the late 1960s and 1970s, where she wrote for the London-based underground newspaper International Times. While in London, Gemes performed in some of Yoko Ono's work including the avant-garde film Bottoms and a performance piece The scream at the Perfumed Garden.