Bijou Stories is all about documenting the stories of the LGBTQ+ community and sharing them in creative ways which make them accessible and relevant. Whilst the stories may be documented in traditional ways i.e. oral history/audio recording, video and photography and written documents, we also want to explore how we can highlight the stories – […]
Read More Telling StoriesFierce Queens at The Queen’s House, Greenwich Friday 25th February 7pm – 11pm More information available here Found lurking in a dusty closet in the Queens House, various members of Bijou Stories had started creating their own esoteric world based on the ghostly glamour of decaying Hollywood seaside towns. Deciding it was probably best to […]
Read More Bijou Stories at Fierce QueensThurs. 24th Feb. 2022. 6.30pm – 8.45pm Bathway Theatre, Woolwich. SE18 6QX https://www.outsavvy.com/event/7995/shore-leave-film-night-querelle Getting here Querelle Querelle, the sailor, is on shore leave in a highly stylised version of the French port town of Brest, where he becomes entangled in a web of violence and eroticism. The final film by prolific German director, Rainer Werner […]
Read More Shore Leave Film NIghtOur first Bijou Story is from Paul Harfleet, who discusses The Pansy Project, which he began as a response to homophobic abuse by planting a pansy at the site of the abuse. The photographic documentation of the plantings has led to an organically growing artwork that juxtaposes the violence of homophobic language with the fragility […]
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