Recent Activity
18 May 2019
Distanced from the stigma associated with a queer identity in the UK, Campania was an imaginary kingdom that held court at The Nightingale Club. The nation had no set boundaries but queer colonies that went far beyond the club’s walls. During this workshop, participants will consider the characteristics of a queer country through brainstorming, sketching, mapping and conversation.
Programmed to coincide with The Club’s Conception (or How the Egg Was Cracked).
Recent Activity
16 Nov 2017
Queering the Archive explores queer digital presence as a method of recording: highlighting current modes of digitisation, the potentials of the archive and the role of history in navigating of the closet.
A selection of films from Sandi Hughes’ Rewind Fast Forward – an archive of LGBTQ communities in Liverpool – cast a light on unread histories. The videos highlight past queer experiences through the documentation of mundane occurrences – both positive and negative – and raises questions as to how these might relate to a contemporary audience. Hughes is in the process of digitising and uploading her archive to its own dedicated website.
The screening was followed by a panel discussion with Hughes, Laura Hudson and Tom Worsfold, whose solo exhibition Felt Tip formed the setting of the event.
This event is presented as part of SHOUT Festival of Queer Arts and Culture.
More information on Rewind Fast Forward can be found here. All images courtesy of Sandi Hughes/Rewind Fast Forward.
Ian Giles presents an immersive performance drawn from scripted conversations with the activist group which campaigned against the closure of The Joiners Arms, a Queer pub. Through role-play and texts, the play’s participants collectively unpack what a queer space is and could be.
This event is organised by Ryan Kearney, Alice O’Rourke, and Ariadne Tzika from the University of Birmingham, and formed part of the project Three Models for Change, which took place at STRYX in Minerva Works, Digbeth, June 2018.
The performance was the beginning of Giles’ video work Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag, 2019. More information on the film can be found here.
