The Otherness Archive is a visual archive documenting queer film and its pioneers, as well as a space for contemporary filmmakers. 

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Otherness Archive

Collaborator

April Lin 林森 is an interdisciplinary artist, independent curator, and film programmer investigating image-making and world-building as sites for the construction, sustenance, and dissemination of co-existent yet conflicting truths. They interweave moving image, performance, installation, and writing in a commitment to centring oppressed knowledges, building an ethics of collaboration around reciprocal care, and exploring the linkages between history, memory, and interpersonal and structural trauma.

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April Lin 林森

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Curator

Louise is a facilitator at Wellcome Collection with a background in heritage and conservation. Her research at Wellcome focuses on the stories behind objects and major events, bringing forward hidden histories and exploring topics previously considered ‘taboo’.

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Lou Brook

Facilitator

Tabs is a Visitor Experience Assistant at Wellcome Collection with a background in social anthropology. Tabs is interested in looking at new perspectives and forms of engagement to think about how museums can explore contemporary social issues.

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Screening

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Genetic Automata exhibition

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This event will have British Sign Language interpretation.

This event will be delivered in British Sign Language, with an English language voiceover.

British Sign Language

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

Relaxed

We’ll be in the Forum. To get there, take the lift or stairs up to level 1 and then follow the signs through the ‘Being Human’ gallery.

The Forum

We’ll be in the Reading Room on level 2. You can walk up the spiral staircase to the Reading Room door, or take the lift up and then head left from the Library Desk.

Reading Room

Queer Film Screening

For Pride Month, come along to a screening of four short films that explore queer themes of health and the human condition. The films have been selected from the Otherness Archive, a visual archive documenting Queer films and curated by artist and curator April Lin  林森.

‘When a Butch Dyke Dies (a series of questions)‘ (2 min) 
What happens to butch dykes when their health fails and/or they die? There are some things that need to be considered in advance (cocks, exes, clothes…). I made this as a way to make light of my current situation. Director: Krissy Mahan.

‘Hole’ (2018) (6 min)
Mo is an adult with autism spectrum disorder. Mo spends a lot of time in their brain. Today a hole started following them. Directed by G Goletski.

‘medica_ed’ (2022) (2 min)
‘medica_ed’ is a ﬁlm exploring a trans* person’s connection to their heritage – one not passed down by blood or lineage, but instead by a shared experience of oppression. Directed by J Frank.

 ‘Flex’ (2022) (41 min)
Flex is a DIY film exploring embodiment, sexuality, gender, disability and how these intersect in relation to self-organised queer sports spaces. Directed by Sophie Hoyle.

The films contain some sexual content, discussions of mental health, transphobia and death.

After the screening, you’ll be able to participate in various creative responses to the films, including:

looking at related objects from our collections. 

The activities will take place in the Reading Room on level 2, and be led by members of Wellcome Collection staff.

This is a relaxed event and there will be a chill-out space available, with low lighting, comfortable seating, cushions, mats and space to move around and be yourself.

Come along to a screening of four short films that explore queer themes of health and the human condition.

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