A Collective Archive: Saturday Program
14 June @ 20:30 - 15 June @ 00:00
8£ – 55£
A collective Saturday
Ugly Duck memory lane A Collage workshop: 2 pm – 5 pm with Bold Melon – (To be donated to Bishopgate institute)
Gushing with Gabby (Montez Prez Radio) : 5 pm – 6 pm
Southwark pride performance artists: 6.30 pm – 6.45 pm
Tribe Incorporated sound and poetry: 7pm – 8 pm
Presented as part of A Collective Archive
12–15 June 2025
A Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices, shared resistance, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past thirteen years. What began as a temporary project space became a home for interdisciplinary, experimental, and politically engaged work—a space for collaboration, risk, and ideas outside the margins of mainstream culture.
We invite you to join us for this final chapter: a gathering, a gesture of gratitude, and a call to collective imagination.
Programme:
Thursday 12 June – Opening soirée with works and performances by Biogal, Bold Melon Collective and artists supported by Southwark Pride.
Friday 13 June – Performance Night Martin O’Brien presents Fading out of Thin Air ( 3 hrs durational )
Saturday 14 June – Archive collage workshop, performances, live radio show followed by The Last Dance – a final party featuring Josh Quinton & friends + performances
Sunday 15 June – Closing performances by Chloé Filani, Puer Deorum and Joy Kincaid.
This project is a celebration of what has been possible and what can be done again. A reflection on subversive practices in a gentrified city. Not from a place of mourning, but from a desire to imagine otherwise.
This event is the culmination of a community-driven archival project we designed to honour & conserve our legacy of showcasing daring & avant-garde art crucial to London’s LGBTQIA+ community. Thanks to the support of Arts Council England this will include the publishing of a book, a mixed media archive and concludes with this week long exhibition, performances & talks event to celebrate the impact of UD together.
Artists
Biogal, Blanca Regina, Chloé Filani, Claye Bowler, Elodie Gatacre & Aster Munro, Fiona Albrow, Georgia Semple, Hazel Blair, Ines Michelotto, Jean Cleverley, John Lee Bird, Josh Quinton, Joy Kincaid, Luis M.S Santos, Martin O’Brien, Puer Deorum, Rough Fabric, Svar Simpson and more to be announced.
Special Partnership Mention: Southwark Council & Bold Melon & Queer Art Projects
Supported by Arts Council England
