QUILTS OF LOVE: THE UK AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT
(2021) 14'

For the first time since it was initially displayed in Hyde Park in 1994, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt was unfolded in its entirety in July 2021. It features hundreds of panels each powerfully naming a generation of loved ones lost during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 80s and 90s. It’s a heart-breaking monument of love as well as a protest against the stigma surrounding HIV that still remains.

Colliding past and present, ‘Quilts of Love’ pays homage to this stunning piece of visual and community art, but also the tireless work of the people who have made sure the stories behind the Quilts are preserved and the names it commemorates are never forgotten.

​[Photos: The Birch Archive, Bishopsgate Institute]
LIVING WITH THE LIGHT ON: SWITCHBOARD IN THE 70s (2019) 15'

Switchboard is the UK’s leading LGBT+ helpline, providing information and lending a reassuring ear to anyone who calls. Living with the Light On: Switchboard in the 70s is an audio documentary exploring of the early history of the charity. Consisting of interviews, original music and archive material, the piece attempts to challenge the linear perception of LGBT+ history by exploring the revolutionary mood of the period before the HIV/AIDS epidemic came to dominate Switchboard’s work​.

​[Photos: Robert Workman]
LIFE OF BI (2021) 8 x 30'

Are we living in a bisexual renaissance? From Ancient China to TikTok, writers, hosts and ex-gfs Mary & Ell explore what it really means to be a modern bisexual. 

Written, created and hosted by Ell Potter and Mary Higgins
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Sound design, music and production by Tom Foskett Barnes
LEM N GINGE (2020) 4 x 15'

Two down-and-out actresses are on the hunt for some stage work. Failing that, they’ll take up a lucrative quest to find the local princess’ stolen voice. In this chaotic tale, Lem N Ginge encounter queer frogs, woke baes, and their first actual deadline.

Written, created and hosted by Ell Potter and Mary Higgins
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Sound design, music and production by Tom Foskett Barnes