Friday 23rd August, 6pm – 9pm

Join us for the launch of three brand new exhibitions!

Everyone Involved by Ian Giles 

Everyone Involved is an exhibition by Ian Giles, commissioned by ‘a space’ arts.

Everyone Involved is an immersive installation and film featuring A Gay Song, which is heralded as the first LGBTQ+ protest song recorded onto vinyl in 1972. Ian has reformed the original band to re-record the song 52 years after its inception. This act of reunion is a cross generational gesture of thanks and also an example of the living legacy of the gay liberation movement in the UK.

Southampton’s Queer Stories 

Southampton’s Queer Stories is an exhibition that celebrates significant moments in Southampton’s LGBTQIA+ history from the 1970s onward.

In the Barker-Mill project space, extracts from newspapers and pamphlets are exhibited alongside video clips of local news reports and more personal oral histories and photographs. This exhibition will not only celebrate the queer history of Southampton and the hard-won fight for LGBTQIA+ rights, but will also preserve the legacy of queer people in the area by forming a new collection to be deposited in the City Council’s Museum and Archive collection.

They Will Not Take You Seriously 

They Will Not Take You Seriously is an exhibition of work made by young LGBTQIA+ people between the ages of 16-25. All the exhibiting artists are participants of the DSLR (Develop Skills, Learn and Reflect, 16-25) workshops developed, hosted and run by the charity In Focus Education & Development, between September 2023 and April 2024.

*please note this exhibition is in the Crawford Room which isn’t fully accessible. Printed visual guides will be available in the café for anyone who can’t access the space.

Book your free ticket HERE.