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A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A rukus! part of ‘Making a rukus! Black Queer histories through love and resistance’, Somerset House, 2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A rukus! part of ‘Making a rukus! Black Queer histories through love and resistance’, Somerset House, 2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
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A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A rukus! part of ‘Making a rukus! Black Queer histories through love and resistance’, Somerset House, 2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A rukus! part of ‘Making a rukus! Black Queer histories through love and resistance’, Somerset House, 2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
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A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A rukus! part of ‘Making a rukus! Black Queer histories through love and resistance’, Somerset House, 2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A rukus! part of ‘Making a rukus! Black Queer histories through love and resistance’, Somerset House, 2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A rukus! , 2016-2024
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Making a rukus! Black Queer Histories through Love and Resistance Somerset House, London A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A Rukus! was an interactive installation which created an immersive club-like...
Making a rukus! Black Queer Histories through Love and Resistance
Somerset House, London
A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A Rukus! was an interactive installation which created an immersive club-like space where visitors could engage with a rich soundscape featuring recordings of community members from different generations speaking about their formative experiences in clubs, taken from interviews conducted by Topher Campbell. Inside the installation, various objects were displayed—including photographs, HIV prevention materials, flyers, and fashion—serving as a testament to the strength and liberation found in Black LGBTQIA+ club culture. Materials from iconic clubs such as Bootylicious, Pressure Zone, OFFDAHOOK, Stallions, and Black Perverts Network, among others, were showcased, illustrating how these spaces generated their own rhythms, trends, and languages.
Somerset House, London
A Score, A Groove, A Phantom, A Rukus! was an interactive installation which created an immersive club-like space where visitors could engage with a rich soundscape featuring recordings of community members from different generations speaking about their formative experiences in clubs, taken from interviews conducted by Topher Campbell. Inside the installation, various objects were displayed—including photographs, HIV prevention materials, flyers, and fashion—serving as a testament to the strength and liberation found in Black LGBTQIA+ club culture. Materials from iconic clubs such as Bootylicious, Pressure Zone, OFFDAHOOK, Stallions, and Black Perverts Network, among others, were showcased, illustrating how these spaces generated their own rhythms, trends, and languages.