A short film directed by Lindsey Dryden featuring poet, writer and Third Scots Makar (poet laureate), Jackie Kay. Jackie tells an emotive story about her 12 year old self writing her first ever novel, 'One Person, Two Names' - the story is about a little girl who goes on the run from herself. The film explores what identity means today to Jackie, a Black, Scottish, lesbian writer, and reveals how storytelling and imagination can offer us a way to live with - and grow to love - our many identities. Jackie muses, “We often write because we have a secret self...another self that isn't being articulated. We often write to find a voice for that silent self ”
Featuring works from 1861-1967 relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) identities, Tate Britain’s latest exhibition ‘Queer British Art 1861-1967’ marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in the UK. The show explores how artists expressed themselves in a time when established assumptions about gender and sexuality were being questioned and transformed.
“Queer British Art 1861-1967” is on at Tate Britain until 1st October.
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10 сен 2024
