A playful installation for an audience of one.
One in, One out: Leeds’ Smallest Gay Bar is an exclusive club featuring all the camp, glitz, glamour and dodgy disco lighting you could wish for – but this time it’s all for you.
Created by artist Lucy Hayhoe, One in, One out explores the role of the gay bar in contemporary queer culture and asks us what we want to preserve and what we want to change.
There’s a welcome familiarity to be found in the bright lights and sticky floors of the gay bar; spaces which were often created as a rejection of queer isolation. But as the needs of the queer community change, and we grow more aware of intersecting identities – is the gay bar part of the future of queer space?
Designed for one audience member at a time, the installation offers a five minute nightout, complete with a spinning disco ball. A bouncer takes your coat, offers you a drink, and welcomes you into the tiny, shiny space.