Expression of Interest

Expression of Interest – Brighton Drag Photography Project

For prospective performers

Working project title: Both of Me

Thank you for considering taking part. This form is an expression of interest only: it does not commit you to the project. It will help demonstrate community interest as part of an Arts Council England funding application and help me understand how you might like to be involved.

About the project

I am developing a year-long photographic and audio project exploring Brighton’s drag community, identity, performance and the overlap between everyday and drag personas.

I plan to work with around 20–25 performers, photographing many participants several times across the year and recording relaxed conversations in which performers tell their stories in their own words.

The ambition is to create a Brighton gallery exhibition of 30–40 photographs with first-person audio, smaller displays in drag venues, a professionally designed photographic book and a dedicated project website.

If Arts Council funding is secured, each participating performer will receive a £100 honorarium and a copy of the finished book.

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Expression of interest

Your name *

Drag / stage name

Pronouns (optional)

Email / preferred contact *

Venue(s) or part of the Brighton scene you are associated with (optional)

I would be interested in taking part in the project:

PhotographyRecorded conversation/audioBoth photography and audioI’d like to discuss it first

How might you like to be photographed?

This is not a fixed list and you do not need to decide now. Tick anything that interests you.

Portraits in dragPortraits out of dragGetting ready / transformationBackstageDuring a performanceAt home or in everyday lifeAt a location in Brighton that matters to meSomething else I’d like to suggest

If you selected “Something else”, please tell me more:

Anything you would particularly like the project to explore?

Anything you would prefer not to discuss or photograph?

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Permission at this stage

By submitting this form, I confirm only that I am interested in discussing participation. This is not final photographic/audio consent and does not give permission for unpublished material to be exhibited or published. Full consent and intended uses will be agreed separately if the project proceeds.

I confirm that I have read and understood the statement above and am interested in discussing participation in the project.