Print
Editorial
Editorial
UK
09.2022
Commission
09.2022
Commission
Here, There, Everywhere
Crack Magazine x Levi’s x Queer Britain
HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE – a non-definitive, gloriously messy map of people and parties that have made things move across 50 years of British LGBTQIA+ history.
The map was lovingly created by Crack Magazine, Queer Britain and Levi’s ®. Illustration by myself with editorial and research by Jake Hall and Lisa Power. It brings together over 30 parties from the UK and Ireland, each with its own history and bespoke illustration. Collating both past and present nights, the map is a pin-drop on 50 years of music, activism and movement.
It was an exciting challenge to design a poster that acted as a map whilst paying homage to queer club culture at the same time, which led me to take inspiration from the classified ads which you find in the back of newspapers and magazines - not only were these ads synonymous with underground cultures, many queer clubs and gatherings would use these spaces to advertise especially in queer magazines such as the historical ‘Mancunian Gay Magazine’ and would therefore act as a map of sorts for queer people to find safe spaces. I wanted to take the visual style of newspaper classifieds and combine that with rave, punk, and tongue in cheek aesthetics that queer club posters often play with.
All proceeds go to funding Queer Britain so they can keep recording, displaying and amplifying British LGBTQIA+ history.
🔗 Buy the print
🔗 Learn more about the project
Crack Magazine x Levi’s x Queer Britain
HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE – a non-definitive, gloriously messy map of people and parties that have made things move across 50 years of British LGBTQIA+ history.
The map was lovingly created by Crack Magazine, Queer Britain and Levi’s ®. Illustration by myself with editorial and research by Jake Hall and Lisa Power. It brings together over 30 parties from the UK and Ireland, each with its own history and bespoke illustration. Collating both past and present nights, the map is a pin-drop on 50 years of music, activism and movement.
It was an exciting challenge to design a poster that acted as a map whilst paying homage to queer club culture at the same time, which led me to take inspiration from the classified ads which you find in the back of newspapers and magazines - not only were these ads synonymous with underground cultures, many queer clubs and gatherings would use these spaces to advertise especially in queer magazines such as the historical ‘Mancunian Gay Magazine’ and would therefore act as a map of sorts for queer people to find safe spaces. I wanted to take the visual style of newspaper classifieds and combine that with rave, punk, and tongue in cheek aesthetics that queer club posters often play with.
All proceeds go to funding Queer Britain so they can keep recording, displaying and amplifying British LGBTQIA+ history.
🔗 Buy the print
🔗 Learn more about the project
