Swords & Kisses
Yifan He
23 Mar 23 – 26 Mar 23
Staffordshire St presents a group exhibition and performances, curated by Yifan He. Swords and Kisses, a four day programme of events around an exhibition of works by artists and gamers. The show centres around queer+trans trans visions of a non-linear time-space and experiences of diasporas. The exhibition space becomes a gathering space to create and inhabit other worlds. Queer and global majority artists build portals, props and false promises.
OPENING EVENT: 23 March 2023 | 6 – 9pm
TICKETS: FREE
VISIT: 23 - 26 March 2023 | Fri, 5 - 11pm | Sat - Sun, 12 - 6pm
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The show explores the technology of fantasy: world building, avatars, and storytelling; to suggest fabulous ways to be with each other through care, nightmare and fan-fiction. Through installation, memes, video games, costumes, critical essays the artists draw from their experiences of failing or succeeding to pass borders, gender and identity.
Exhibiting Artists: Chaney Diao, Kash & Germ, Axe Binondo, Zhuyang Liu, Nitesh Tailor, Song Han, Chia Amisola, Jiawei Zheng, and Angeldust.
EVENTS:
P4mance nite XOXO (at the table) | performance
A night where characters gather at the site of Staffordshire St for murderous morphes, wondrous explores, a raves, a surgery, and a dinner decolonised.
23 MARCH 2023 | 7 – 9PM | FREE
Private view + chat room for gamers and more | panel
Kash & Germ, Axe Binondo and Chia Amisola in conversation with Yifan He.
25 MARCH 2023 | 6 - 9PM | FREE
Game building workshop: Unreal Engine 5 | workshop
A game-building session for an 'endless running' game (an example of this is Temple Run) in Unreal Engine 5. Facilitated by Rebecca Travers.
26 MARCH 2023 | 3 – 5PM | FREE
