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Snapshots in Time: Photo Exhibit Launch

Our private launch event was held at the wonderful Community Base in Brighton on Sunday 14th July 2024. See below for photos and video from the event.

Displays At The Exhibit Launch Event

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A blue three-fold display screen on a table with photos and paper with text. Information displayed is: About OmniArts, About Queer Creatives, About Snapshots in Time, and the photographer Holly Revell. There is also a small rainbow flag on the table, and a rainbow toy dachshund. A three-fold desk mirror with photos and paper with text stuck on it. All the photos feature hands.Two black boards with photos and text. A title card above them says “B6 Discussion Hour: A significant queer moment”. There are 3 photos of people, and 1 of a fire.An ironing board with photos and paper featuring text discussing queerbaiting and public figures like Harry Styles. The discussion covers topics such as responsibility in addressing issues like queerbaiting and analysing the attire choices of individuals in the media. There are also mentions of other celebrities like Billie Eilish, Britney Spears and Madonna.

Text and photos clipped onto wire across a metal frame with blue fabric. Photos are of nature, hallways, masks, stairs, and a doorway. Text reads: “Liminality is a term used in many disciplines and fields, but in theatre and performance it is described as: “an in-between of potent but dangerous formlessness. It denotes the social non-space in which transformation is experienced and achieved”. In this sense, we can describe workshops, rehearsals, and backstage as liminal spaces. When specifically looking at queer photography linked to theatre and performance: “I would argue that backstage is one of the queerest spaces in a performance setting, whether it be in a professional theatre or behind a divide in a community hall. When we have the ability to witness a snapshot into the emotions, the preparation, the bonds between performers and the moments leading up to performance, this is a queer moment in itself. Therefore, it’s important that the liminality of this space is recognised. Seeing transformations, costumes deconstructed, and scene lists that give credit where it’s due in the steps that are not publicly seen to form a piece of art. Backstage photography has the radical potential to tease, invite, encourage, and document the safe space that is the behind the curtain, regardless of whether the production itself has queer themes or content.” – Ellie Snow”Text and photos clipped onto wire across a metal frame with blue fabric. Photos are of stages, outdoors, and rooms. At the top is a pink card with the text “what are radical spaces?”. Other text reads: “Spaces that abandon societal norms. A place where activism takes place. A positive space for new ideology and a new direction. A space outside of cultural norm, where the part of ourselves we may need to hide can be unashamedly visible. Spaces that are both open and intersectional, that seek to hear out bias and issues.”Text and photos clipped onto wire across a metal frame with blue fabric. Text at the top reads “Member’s Liminality Photos” There are photos with text next to each: The Otherside, Transition, The Bridge, The Long Road, The Borrowers Magic.” Photos are: An arch within nature, A classroom, Concrete steps, A hospital corridor, An open window with greenery & houses outside, A person silhouetted in blue light with a rainbow of light above them.Text and photos clipped onto wire across a metal frame with blue fabric. Photos are of: stages, people performing, dressing rooms, and behind the scenes. Text reads: "in what ways can liminal spaces be created whilst making theatre and performance? Dressing Rooms. Backstage. Rehearsals. Costume Changes. Workshops. The space between the stage and the audience. Constructing the stage/scenery eg: scene transitions and changes”

Final Project Displays At Launch Event

A mirror standing in space, with nothing else around it. On the mirror is a picture, and a number of props related to magic. At the top is a piece of text titled “Stacy Smith'' with text that cant be read in the picture. Below this is a picture of a white woman. The picture is formed of the same woman in three different places in the photo, in three different outfits, simultaneously. Below this is the title of the piece “Consensus”, along with the three of clubs and some coins stuck to the mirror. Below this is a long piece of text that cant be read in this photo, and below this are more magic props, including coins, a card with its back facing the camera, and the three of hearts. Behind the mirror is a window. A dressmaker's mannequin, draped in pink silky fabric, with 3 photos, and2 pieces of paper with text on them. The text isn’t legible in this photo. The pictures are each of a white woman with long red hair, Mia, taking photos in various fun poses. In each picture she is wearing the same outfit of an off the shoulder top, and blue floral skirt. Behind the mannequin a pair of rainbow wings and a handbag are visible on the floor.A table with a dolls house with 2 porcelain dolls either side of it, 5 embroidered marguerite flowers on the roof, and rainbow coloured LED lights inside. A black t-shirt with white embroidered writing on it is positioned to the right of the table in front of two of the dolls. Four photos of a white person wearing a black t-shirt are presented in/on the dolls house. One of the photos they are wearing the marguerite flowers as a beard, and the other three photos they are surrounded by porcelain dolls. Paper with text that has the title "Vox Margo. they/them" on is propped up in front of one of the dolls, and two other pieces of paper are flat on the table in front of the dolls house. The rest of the text is not legible in this photo.A surface, open like a book, with two leaves extending from the centre upwards. The surface is covered in a gold fabric, and the fabric is then draped with thinner bits of orange and red organza, draped in a way to try and create the feeling of flames. On top of this are layed 4 pictures, alternating top and bottom of the suffice, and 2 pieces of paper with text, that is not legible in this picture. The photos are from left to right, a black and white photo of a mannequin in a dress, a desaturated picture of a white leg being shaved, a letter on fire, with the name of the person it was addressed too just being burnt, and a white woman, standing in a woodland clearing. This woman has long brown hair and is wearing a white floral dress, black corset and high heels. A table with a cream table cloth over it. An additional strip of green cloth runs through the middle. The left and right hand side has two empty lanterns, one red and one white. In the centre of the table is a large spool for rope or similar which has been upcycled to look a little like a tree stump. The top of the spool has been covered in patterned fabric whilst the bottom is covered in flowers. In front of this is a feathered mask. On top of the spool rests a piece of paper with some text, which is not particularly legible, and about that the title of the piece “escape, beauty, freedom”. To the left of this is a picture of someone white in a feather mask peering around a tree, above the title the figure holding up a flower to examine it, and to the right the figure looking to the sky, arms open in exultation. In the final image, feathers are visible under the figure's pecs.

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Some Close Ups

A wooden tabletop on which stands a stuffed dachshund toy, entirely made of cotton cloth with a pattern of multicoloured stripes. Behind it is the lower corner of a standing blue picture display, on which 3 photos can be seen, with labels below naming them as “Myra - Gareth in 499 seconds”, “Lavinia Co-Op - Vin in 713 seconds”, and “Dr Sharon Husbands - Justin in 277 seconds”. The sun can be seen shining in through the window behind this display. A display of photos and text snippets mounted on a tall rectangular white metal mesh. The photos are all publicity shots of musician Harry Styles dressed in gender-non-conforming clothing, with the text giving a variety of opinions on the topic of queerbaiting.An embroidered art piece that says “FUCK the CIStem” in a fancy silver photo frame. The photographer can be seen reflected in the glass, wearing a rainbow t-shirt.

The top corner of the queerbaiting discussion hour board, displaying part of the title made from letters cut from other sources. In the very top right corner is a quote from Ellie which reads “Jerry, don't touch my tea." A close up of a simple metal framed chair with black padded seat and back, on the floor of a room with blue-grey carpeting. On the seat of the chair is a small model of a white sofa.5 pin badges of different designs. One rainbow background with the text “any questions, concerns, or raccoons?” and an illustration of a raccoon face. One black with pink fancy text that says “Flamboyant flamingos”. One black with a white circle outline and the text “Stinky Little Piss Boys” One rainbow flag with a photo of a black cat in a heart frame with the text “Where’s Jerry?” around it. One black with white bold text that reads “Mike Violence. The definition of a man”.

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