Here, Somewhere | GUIDED TOUR led by Honey Birch

Honey Birch will give an hour long guided tour of the exhibition Here, Somewhere which is a reinvention of Dorich House as a queer home, questioning its history and imagining a simultaneous queer future.

A selection of archival materials, pointing to the supposed lavender marriage of Dora Gordine and Richard Hare – hinted at by former friends and acquaintances of the couple - is displayed throughout the building. A series of interventions will further queer the space throughout the exhibition's run. The installation of two domestic objects; a bed and curtains. One of intimacy, the other of privacy. Double Bed speculates on Gordine and Hare’s bedroom life, presenting their sleeping arrangement as a foot-to-foot affair. Kiss Me in the Straight Club - On Curtains recollects Birch's night out in a straight club, shrouding Dorich House’s living space in queer storytelling, emphasising the balance of joy and fear that is experienced when outside of the sanctity of queer community.

Honey Birch (they/them), is a multimedia storyteller and a recent graduate of Kingston University’s Kingston School of Art. With an interest in the blurred borders between imagined lives and reality, their work spans curation, 3D design, moving image, poetry, and creative facilitation. Often exploring their own intersectional identity as a British, queer, Chinese adoptee, they were recently commissioned by the Roundhouse as part of their 2024 Film Fund to create If This Were Purgatory, a short film documentary focusing on queer club queues as a liminal space. Here, Somewhere is their first solo exhibition.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Dorich House Museum, 67 Kingston Vale, London, United Kingdom