Display by Brooke Palmieri
The next exhibition to take place in Display** will be of work by artist Brooke Palmieri (Camp Books) and will take place from the 5th -18th October 2020.
In "Take Nothing for Granted: Theses on History" Brooke looks back on a decade of travelling around the USA, UK and Europe as a historian, digging through archives & charity shops in those places to grapple with the varying degrees to which the past permeates the present and foretells the future. These "theses" draw upon the 16th-century emblem tradition, playfully pairing mottos with symbolic images for the sake of quick & dirty history lessons from below, that is, from the perspective of an LGBT+ gatecrasher who tries not to take anything for granted.
Brooke Palmieri is a writer, bookseller, and highly performative printmaker. They combine all of these roles in Camp Books (est. 2018), a platform for preserving, publishing and circulating LGBTQIA+ and gender non-conforming histories of the last millenia. Palmieri has delivered lectures, workshops and drag performances about queer archives and printing practices in the USA, UK, and Europe, and creates a steady stream of fresh prints to continue the tradition of their DIY-publishing forebears. Prior to founding Camp Books, they completed a PhD in history on the collective publication practices of 17th-century radicals in "Compelling Reading: The Circulation of Quaker Texts, 1650-1700." A native of Philadelphia, they have lived in London since 2010.
This exhibition is part of the Weemin's Wark project, in partnership with the Glasgow Women’s Library and local equalities group Up Helly Aa For Aa, funded by Creative Scotland
**Display is a new distanced outdoor gallery space located outside the Gaada workshop in Burra Isle, Shetland. Gaada welcomes visitors to view the current Display within the gravelled area outside the building, however we politely request that at this time, visitors do not enter the building without prior appointment. This ensures Gaada is able to continue maintaining a safe working environment within the workshop.
Image: History is Speculative Fiction, 2020
