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Roman Manfredi We/Us
Butches and Studs from working class backgrounds within the British landscape
Co-curated by Ingrid Pollard
Exhibition: 9 March – 3 June 2023 at Space station 65, Kennington, London
Opening hours: 12 – 6PM, Wednesday – Saturdays
Free to visit. Accessible. All welcome.
We/Us is an intergenerational photography and oral history project that celebrates the presence of butches and studs from working-class backgrounds within the British landscape. The project explores the experience of female masculinity through the structures of class and race all over the UK, capturing our diversity as well as our commonality.
When searching for images of butches and studs online, most that come up are from a bygone era, or from the US. Conversations around gender and identity today are often academic and London-centric, sometimes forgetting that our identities are informed by our every day lived experiences.
Our history and our lived experience is our gift to the world.
– Joan Nestle, Restricted Country
Exhibition audio - Participants were interviews about their lives and experiences,
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