To celebrate Pride Month 2025, and to highlight the worsening issues of transgender* rights in the UK, S. K. had a chat with the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA), and London Arts Health, about the Our Transcapes project. They explored S. K.’s research, which queers prehistoric British archaeology and current-day interpretations of their cultures. […]
Before attending the Worcester University of Art’s Therapeutic Landscapes conference last year, I never thought physical objects from the past were special in their own right. I assumed their value was in their potential meanings and uses for their makers, unless they were particularly visually striking. Since then, the other artists at the conference […]
PESTS: The Ugly Bugs Peepshow brings together the most talented and creative sexy-stick-crawlers to ask the questions: What is “UGLY”? What is “SEXY”? How many legs is too many legs? Recorded at Venus Pole Studio on May 24 2025, PESTS presented an experimental night of performances and brand new ideas slithering into shape […]
S. K. Marley, trans* nonbinary Artist in Residence of Queer Natures speaks with Chloe Asker, trans* non-binary Queer Nature project member, to discuss S. K.’s Our Transcapes event. In March, during the Queer Natures retreat, the project team took part in S. K.’s pilot run of Our Transcapes. They undertook a guided psychogeographic wandering through […]
I’ve just wrapped the group work section of my QUEER NATURES artist residency, and I’m collecting my thoughts about it. The aim was to run a workshop and performance for artists to explore “desirability” versus “ugliness” in a pole dance performance, with the added dimension of BUGS – because bugs are gross, but also fun. […]
I’ve spent the last few weeks bouncing around U.K. pole studios getting material for my Queer Natures artist residency. My project is about pole dancing ugly animals, and exploring what we can learn about the politics of desirability, queerness and nature by looking at e.g. pole dancing vermin. Also, I just think stuff pole dancing […]
This year I’m an artist in residence on University of Exeter’s Queer Natures research project, where I’m developing ideas for pole stuff that plays with the politics of ugliness, desirability and bugs (more on that soon 🕷️.) A big part of our research is looking at how we make art, not just what we’re making. As usual, I am looking for […]
I’m so excited to be an Associate Artist on the QUEER NATURES research programme! My project is called UNSEXY BEASTS and I’ll be experimenting with different pole dancing ugly animals to ask questions like: Why do certain bodies get labelled “desirable” or “undesirable?” What does that tell us about queer desire, patriarchy and capitalism? How […]