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My experience doesn’t speak for everyone however. I don’t essentially need to think about being gay or not. Julian Triandafyllou: In London I feel incredibly privileged to live within a society that gives me space to be myself, with most of the same rights and privileges that exist for heterosexual couples. Ian: How does it feel to be a twenty-something gay man in London today?
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Ian Giles spoke with some of the men who took part in a series of workshops and script-readings that resulted in the production of his new film: Through interviewing men in their 40s and then working with men in their 20s I was able to understand how far we have come within a relatively short space of time. Beyond the desire to make a film about BUTT I wanted to try and locate where we are today within a ‘gay history’ and to offer the wider public a presentation of the multiplicity of voices and individuals that exist within the perceived gay community and beyond. The publication was loose and creative and yet was skillfully put together by editors who knew who they were and what they wanted to talk about.įor the exhibition at Chelsea Space I was interested in using BUTT as a way to share the experiences of a previous generation with a current group of gay men in their 20s.
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They presented articulate and creative men, men who understood their history, politics and agency. These were real people, all be it very hip and hairy ones, they opened up what a gay man could look like, do and be. Within BUTT’s pages were images of men in their messy east London flats, shot in daylight it challenged the mainstream presentation of gay men. Black ink on pink paper, its zine-like form felt bold and remarkable. Although it might have been the provocative title that caught my attention and whilst I was interested in its subject matter, it was actually the design that engaged me. Ian Giles: I discovered BUTT magazine in Chelsea College of Arts Library when I was a student at the college in the mid 2000s.
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Throughout there is a playful relationship with language: words becoming portable between originators and speakers. In the film we hear them sharing the collective histories, sexually charged narratives and frank reflections of men who have gone before them. The group of twelve embodied the texts rather than performing impersonations of a previous generation. Giles filmed the final workshop during which the young group re-voiced the original interviews as an act of oral storytelling between generations.Īll images are stills from Ian Giles’ film After BUTT, 2018 He then shared the transcribed interviews with a much younger group of gay men in London, exploring the themes present through a series of workshops.
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Giles interviewed the international group of men who produced BUTT from 2001-2011, including editors Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom. The film also interrogates BUTT’s imbalances, raising questions around the magazines handling of race and gender. Giles and his collaborators engage with BUTT as a prism to consider gay histories, the presentation of gay men within mainstream media and links between medical advances and sexual freedom. BUTT was known for its iconic pink pages and candid interviews with musicians, filmmakers and designers such as Michael Stipe, Gus Van Sant and Marc Jacobs. The film explores the cultural and social impact of BUTT magazine a publication made by and for gay men. This winter, Chelsea Space presents ‘After BUTT’ a new film and installation by Ian Giles.