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QUEERCIRCLE has quickly established itself as a vital resource for emerging LGBTQ+ artists. Our commissioning enables artists exploring radical, anti-oppressive and intersectional issues to experiment, take-risks and present ambitious new work. Through a queer lens - whether explicitly or implicitly - to date, artists have advocated for environmental and land justice; connecting with local and national campaigns, as well as the rights of migrants and workers.
We are also increasingly understanding the role we can play in advocating for queer artists through commissioning partnerships, and providing additional context and support in the development of new work off site.
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Mil Veces un Instante
Teresa Magrolles Until Summer 2026The latest Fourth Plinth commission 'Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)’ by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles was unveiled on Wednesday 18.09.2024. The monolithic sculpture was made with plaster cast molds of the faces of 726 transgender people from Mexico and the UK. The molds were made by applying plaster directly onto each individual’s face. The resulting object is both a visual record of their respective features and, imbued with hair and skin cells, a material infusion of their physicality.
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CLOCKING OFF
Rafał Zajko 16 Sept - 26 Nov 2023Credited as the one of the first factories established in England, Sir Richard Arkwright’s cotton mill, built in 1771, was a cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution. Captured in Joseph Wright’s famous Arkwright’s Cotton Mill by Night (1782), a dark moonlit landscape is illuminated by the windows of an incongruous, stout multi-storey building façade receding into a wooded Derbyshire landscape. Read more
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MANY MIKL MEK AH MUKL
ZINZI MINOTT JUN 22 - AUG 27‘Many Mikl Mek Ah Mukl’, which loosely translates from Patois to ‘Every little bit counts, persevere and eventually we will get where we want.’ Minott will present the sixth iteration of her durational film series Fi-Dem (‘for them’ in Patois), released annually on the anniversary of the Empire Windrush docking in the UK, and first created in response to the Windrush Scandal of 2018. The launch of Fi-Dem VI will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the docking on 22 June 1948. The new film will be accompanied by a series of recent large-scale digital framed prints.
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The River in Verse
Marwan Kaabour July 2023 - July 2025Inspired by the Peninsula’s proximity to the river, Lebanese artist Marwan Kaabour presents a series of multilingual text extracts that contemplate water, fluidity and expressiveness of its ebb and flow. The River in Verse is a lyrical and poetic mirror of the river Thames transforming The Tide’s glass facades into a fluid space of endless iterations.
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DUST BATHERS
RAFAEL PÉREZ EVANS: FEB 23 - MAY 14 2023A departure from urban and eco-bourgeois appropriations of the rural, ‘Dust Bathers’ looked to the robust histories and imaginative capacities of rural agricultural protest and queer dissent.
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OGONI 9
CHIIZII FEB 23 - MAY 14 2023In 1995, a group of activists known collectively as the Ogoni Nine were killed by the Nigerian government after protesting the exploitation and degradation of their land by British oil companies.
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TUNNEL VISIONS
Bones Tan Jones OCT 8 - DEC 21Tunnel Visions’ will be a site-specific installation within QUEERCIRCLE’s main gallery space. A 4-metre high, central monolith will pay tribute to a 2,500-year-old Anckerwyke Yew tree, which tan jones encountered during a six-day walking pilgrimage. Read More
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LET ME HOLD YOU
Michaela Yearwood-Dan 8 JUN - 8 SEPTA sweeping curved mural embraces visitors, creating a sanctuary for visitors to confront their own true selves in a safe and holistic environment. Ceramic sculptures and furniture encourage visitors to rest, contemplate, and connect with others. Read more
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THE QUEENS' JUBILEE!
8 JUN - 8 SEPTThrough rare, documentary photography and original editions of Come Together - the Gay Liberation Front newspaper - The Queens’ Jubilee! charts the introduction of drag into radical politics and its evolution from street theatre demos to communal living. Read more
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VIDEOVIRUS
AA Bronson + General IdeaA reimagining of the historic Imagevirus for a global audience, the iconic artwork comes to life in a hypnotic video animation that virally transmits their activist message across billboards around the globe throughout December 2021 with QUEERCIRCLE as social partner. Presented by CIRCA.
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THERE CAN BE NO LOVE WITHOUT JUSTICE
July 2021Following an open call asking artists to respond to bell hooks’ quote “There can be no love without justice,” LGBTQ+ artists were invited to submit work that raises public awareness and demands for radical change.
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