JUST COPING 25 is an exhibition at VFD Gallery, Dalston that documents and celebrates a hybrid, queer arts event that took place in the borough twenty-five years earlier, in August 1998.
Featuring JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, KENNY MELLMAN, TOM STEPHAN, FIL OK, JAMES B.L. HOLLANDS and many more.
The original JUST COPING event at 333 Club featured visual artists, filmmakers, fanzines, drag cabaret and DJs in a hybrid celebration of LGBT+ creatives working outside of the mainstream. JUST COPING 25 at VFD will take the form of an immersive installation, showcasing ephemera from the 1998 event and utilising audio testimony from the original participants, in a celebration of independent queer culture, history and survival in Hackney.
Date and Time:
01st February: Private View 18:30-21:30
02nd-29th February 2024: Saturdays and Sundays 12pm - 4pm . Gallery open during the week by appointment.