Gay bar stavanger

UKGBD is a record of public queer culture, legal in the UK for a little more than fifty years, now at risk of extinction. Since completing the archive, the artist duo has continued to explore the politics, histories, and aesthetics of queer space, shining a light on a complex terrain in which questions of class, nationalism, gentrification, and patriarchy often collide, particularly in the shadow of Brexit.

While gay bars and clubs provide a sense of community for men across the UK, they appeal to a predominantly white clientele, and often incorporate militaristic decor—aspects of a culture critically at odds with the metropolitan, politically aware, university educated, newly invigorated manifestation of queer identity.

Newcastle, London are a London-based artist duo known for their exploration of queer identity, urban spaces, and social politics.

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Their practice is multi-disciplinary encompassing; fresco painting, drawing, video, performance, print-making, publishing and installation. Grounded in researching how various communities have been represented throughout history, they interpret social and political issues by drawing from art history and archives.

Their work invites viewers to question their relationships with space, power dynamics, social hierarchy, class, order, and obedience within our public spaces. Related to the exhibition: Joie noire. Past Screening 27 May — 9 June