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CLOCKING OFF: Rafał Zajko
SEP 16 - NOV 26In Clocking Off, Zajko’s reimagined and abstracted factory floor—one which, as with much of Zajko’s work, uses personal memories of his childhood and family history in post-communist Poland as the foundations to create a shifting—and at times conflicting—picture of the contemporary relationship between modernity, time, technology and the human. Framed by a soft horizon line of cool seafoam green, a light mosslike pigment typically used in factories not only to repel dirt but for its calming and stress-releasing properties, the exhibition marries the hard grammar of industrial labour with Zajko’s voluptuous ceramic line-language to create an enveloping mixture of desire, dislocation, anxiety and nostalgia. -
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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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DUST BATHERS
RAFAEL PÉREZ EVANS: FEB 23 - MAY 14 2023‘Dust Bathers’ borrows the collective and transgressive techniques of minority communities protesting for survival and presents a poetic opportunity to asilvestrar – the artist’s Spanish translation for the English verb to re-wild – following the work of queer theorists, José Esteban Muñoz, Jack Halberstam and Tavia Nyong’o. A departure from urban and eco-bourgeois appropriations of the rural, ‘Dust Bathers’ will look 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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A TO ZINE
JAN 12 - FEB 1From cities as far as Mumbai, Berlin, Ontario, Rotterdam and Limassol, A to Zine brings together over one hundred Zines.
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SAFE & SOUND
BLM FEST REMIX OCT 8 - FEB 1Black Queerness has generally been erased from the National narrative.
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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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KUDZI
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami 15 SEPT - 02 OCTA limited edition print in collaboration with Avant Arte & Kudzanai-Violet Hwami on display in our reading room. Read more
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TENDRILS
Queer Youth Art Collective 15 SEPT - 02 OCTQUEERCIRCLE is proud to host the Queer Youth Art Collective (QYAC) in september as part of its CATALYST programme. For their month long take over, QYAC will present Tendrils, an exhibition of over 50 young LGBTQIA artists from across the UK. 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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