Visible Rest

by Lady Kitt

An Artwork For UK Pride with Right Up Our Street and Andro & Eve

About the Artwork - A word from Lady Kitt

Pride is a protest. Pride is a party. Pride is action. Pride is work.

Pretty exhausting, eh? Everyone I’ve talked to in Doncaster about Pride says it’s amazing, wonderful, galvanising and exciting. They also say it’s overwhelming, draining,complicated and tiring.
One person I spoke to summed this up with the statement  “being visible is half, if not more, of the work”.
In an attempt to offer ways of navigating the complex and tiring aspects of Pride, I am asking people:

“What spaces, colours, sounds, textures and atmospheres do we need to create places of pause, rest and reflection within Pride?”

Through a series of online and in person workshops I’ll facilitate activities, exercises and questions which invite people to share ideas of what they find restful and restorative. I will then weave responses (my own and those shared in the workshops) together to create an installation within Doncaster Pride  which can offer a space for pause, rest, and contemplation, amongst the action, activism, performance and celebration of the day.

The installation will be both:

• a place to take rest from being visible during Pride  

• a physical tribute to the work it takes for us to be visible as members of LGBTQIA+ communities 

The installation will be displayed at UK Pride 2024 on Saturday 10 August in Doncaster. Find out more about Doncaster Pride via their website. 

Rest Fest Workshops

In Person and Online

“What spaces, colours, sounds, textures and atmospheres do we need to create places of pause, rest and reflection within Pride?”

Join artist Lady Kitt for this drop in art workshop and ‘Rest Fest!’ Make collage artworks in a relaxed and gentle atmosphere, which investigate and share your ideas about the connections between Pride, rest and creativity. Pride can be amazing, wonderful, galvanising and exciting. It can also be overwhelming, draining,complicated and tiring. Lady Kitt will also be running an online session!

Kitt will facilitate activities, exercises and questions which invite LGBTQ+ people in Doncaster to share ideas of what they find restful and restorative. Expect paper cutting, bubble blowing, smell maps, meditations and breathing exercises.

If joining us online, each participant will be sent a materials pack in advance of the workshop if online. Although this session is online, it is aimed at folks based in Doncaster only. Please only sign up if this applies to you and you can make the session. 

Materials will be provided for the in-person session too.

After the workshop Kitt will take inspiration from the artworks created and ideas shared to make an installation within UK Pride in Doncaster this August which can offer a space for pause, rest, and contemplation,  amongst the action, activism, performance and celebration of the day.

Please follow the links below and let us know where you will be joining us!

Online Workshop (Book your free online space!) 👉Tuesday 4 June 6.30 - 8pm

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/right-up-our-street/t-nogqnkj 

In Person Workshop (Book your free space!) 👉Saturday 1 June 2.45 - 4.30pm

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/right-up-our-street/t-krmegop