Thotful, 2022
Curated by Katie Winten
The Bearded Tit
This one is for the thots, bimbos, thembos, himbos, the sluts, the hustlers, the hoes, the whores, the kinky queers. THOTFUL is about play, desire, liberatory pleasure, intimacy. It’s frivolity as strength and power. Themme Fatale: If you’re going to be judged no matter what you do, you might as well do whatever the hell you want. V: Fake is a compliment, autonomy is paramount, iconography of self expression. THOTFUL doesn’t need to be over-explained or intellectualised.
In our STREETSPACE, Luke George presents Display of Affection #4 - Soft Opening. Obsessed with rope as a medium, Luke entangles craft with kink to playfully unpick social tensions and connectivity. Through the DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION series, Luke explores queer social choreographies and the queering of public and private spaces. On the TAXIDERMY TV, V’s work Hypnose takes a videographic delve into lilac, pink, fillers, botox, surgery, bratz, designer, barbie, plastic, fake is a compliment, autonomy is paramount, iconography of self expression, metaverse, commercialism, aspiration, hustling. In the SALON, 7thgrl shows stills from her voguing & tweaking videos on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Also in the SALON, Themme Fatale’s Bimbo Manifesto draws together both personal and political explanations of Bimbo - from unpacking their own neurodivergence to how we can all strive to be a little more Bimbo in our lives. In the BATHROOM, hear V’s disembodied sound from Hypnose.