Street-facing window and group exhibition club night installation.

VFD London, April 2017
Window installation, 1st – 31st April 2017
Group exhibition and club night, 7th April 2017

ART: SEE IT. BE IT. DANCE AROUND IN IT
Join us in celebrating our fabulous selves as a rebellion against all the prejudice and hatred fuelled by our current cruddy political state!

Fat Lip

Fat Lip: Art, Performance, Protest, saw Kat line the walls of the small basement nightclub with photocopied news pages of the time featuring empowering headlines and protest images. Curated contemporary artworks – by artists met through clubs, parties and warehouse living – were then prominently displayed with gaffer tape around and on top of this collage of media. A projected series of video works featuring themes of nightlife, fun, performance and cultural landscape filled the far wall, lighting the room and emphasising the connection between creativity, joy and political power. Interactive drag performances featuring themes of political agency, satire and the Hokey Cokey took place in the space throughout the night.

The street-facing club window installation featured a large oil painting by Kat of clubbers in full regalia, inspired by the artists featured, stepping out of a trench together in protest into a surreal no-mans-land outside parliament. Political messages depicted included, ‘Gays for Muslims’ and ‘Vote IN’ (remain in the EU). The rest of the window was plastered in flyers for the exhibition club night.

Artists

Alexandre Simões, Eden Clarke and drag persona Femmi Nancy, India Jaggon, Kat Hudson, Leanza May aka The Line Girl, Liza Keane, Meri Karhu, Pavol Gabaj, Rebecca Te Boekhorst, Ms Sharon Le Grand, Waj Hussain

DJs

Cheng Lao, Josh Quinton