The focus then turns more international, looking at countries which criminalise homosexuality today and their links to British Colonial rule. Combining newspaper clippings and projected text, a figure is seen repeatedly jumping into a white wall, each time rebounding to the floor, getting up and trying again. King Dom (Vauxhall Bridge) - Pausing over the river Thames and looking out at the headquarters of MI6 (the British Foreign Intelligence Service), King Dom takes the viewer through a condensed history of gay rights in the UK, from the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967, to the right to marry in 2015. A lone figure looks on, leaning against a tree and playing a lament on a mouth organ. The matador and the bull, Theseus and the Minotaur, parade and exhibit about each other in a choreography of coded gesture and labyrinthine performance. VPG (Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens) - Assembling in a renowned cruising ground of Vauxhall, an historic centre of gay London, the viewer encounters two characters involved in an elaborate courtship ritual. Pester Square - Baouse ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Music Video ⎮ 3 min 36 sec Ĭaught Short ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Music Video ⎮ 1 min 33 sec During ART NIGHT 2018, and in celebration of Pride, Gabriel Mulvey and Paul Coombs will perform live re-imaginings of their twelve-act geo-located video work 'Backbone'. Taking you on a walk of approximately 3km, this gambol may be joined or left at any point and experienced in the order of the viewers choosing.The narrative will follow your lead. Each act is delivered to the viewers mobile device when they arrive at certain locations along the route. Backbone will walk you through a history of anti-gay legislation, political protest, living statues, cruising, chemsex, defiance, HIV and the tale of the pigeon and the squid. Beginning with a cruise around Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and finishing up on a bench outside a sex club in Fitzrovia, twelve video works examine what it is to be queer in London, past, present and possible future. Conceived as a geo-located film in twelve acts, and delivered to the viewer’s phone via a free app, Backbone invites you on a queer gambol through central London, visiting hidden places, past haunts and ones that may not yet exist.
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