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Dirty Weekend: Pleasure Garden (18+)

Dirty Weekend Conservatory Takeover

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Image: Christa Holka

Step into our lush conservatory for an intimate Sunday of talks, readings and pop-up performances on sex, desire and all things dirty. 

Hettie Judah, fresh from field research, expounds on her research project and forthcoming book foregrounding female desire.

PRIM's Joshua Woolford shares readings, music and writing exercises exploring on our understanding of the erotic.

Award-winning sex educator Ruby Rare discusses Ladyfister - a  bold zine celebrating sapphic sexuality.

Taali Kwaten leads an unfiltered conversation on how Black queer culture continues to define what’s cool and challenges audiences to recognise who built the blueprint.

A new collaboration between Sophie Cundale and Izabella Scott merges fiction, fashion and disguise, interweaving themes of facelessness, forbidden desires and transgressive play.

Feona Atwood in conversation with Vex Ashley describes how the pornographic landscape online has shaped how we imagine our bodies, our selves and our intimacies.

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Age restriction: This event is 18+ (All attendees must bring accepted form of legal ID)

May include discussion that contains explicit elements and reference to sexualised imagery or events.

 

See our Dirty Looks exhibition for £10 across the weekend
Your Dirty Weekend ticket gives you access to Dirty Looks, our bold new fashion exhibition, on the same day for £10. Subject to availability.

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Presented by Creative Collaboration

Part of Dirty Weekend

Image credit: Crista Holka

Ticket prices

Standard
£8
* Excludes £1.50 booking fee

Booking fees

£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.

No fee when tickets are booked in person.

Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.

Programme

12pm Hettie Judah 
1pm PRIM invites Joshua Woolford 
2pm Ruby Rare  
3pm Taali Kwaten 
4pm Sophie Cundale & Izabella Scott  
5pm Vex Ashley & Feona Attwood

Conservatory

Location
The Barbican Conservatory is located on Level 3, if you’re coming from inside the main Barbican building.

From the Barbican highwalks, follow signs to the ‘Barbican Centre’. Walking from Barbican tube station, you’ll see a steps with ‘Art Gallery’ above them, these will lead you up to the Sculpture Court where you'll see a sign for the Conservatory. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.