- All attending will be emailed the Zoom link and Richard John Jones’s festive backgrounds ahead of the event.
Amelia Abraham / Jeremy Atherton Lin / Ian Giles / Richard John Jones
A virtual tour of aughties Shoreditch from the comfort of your own home – We will start the night in outer space before plunging down into the jukebox at the Nelson’s Head then sloping off to grab a Becks at the George & Dragon. As the night rolls on we will all head up Hackney Road to the Joiners Arms. Will we make it to East Bloc? There’s always Chariots…
Guided by the artist Ian Giles, we will dip in and out of Jeremy Atherton Lin’s forthcoming book Gay Bar and screen Giles’ film Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag. With special contributions from Queer Intentions author Amelia Abraham and Zoom Backgrounds by artist Richard John Jones.
Skip through time with the aid of Google Street View, lots of queer East End lore, and tracks by Rhianna and CSS…
An all-nighter in 60 minutes.
The event marks the month-long online screening of Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag, hosted on iangiles.co.uk November 18 - December 18. The film was funded by Arts Council England.
“Perhaps you could call a gay bar a galaxy: we are held together but kept from colliding by a fine balance of momentum and gravity.” Jeremy Atherton Lin