London gallery Space Station Sixty-Five has announced an event with comic creator Steven Appleby and others, “Nothing is Real: Talks Gender”, part of its programming for “Nothing is Real” Steven’s largest exhibition to date.
Taking place on Wednesday 30th April 2025, “Nothing is Real: Talks Gender” will offer a conversation that seems more timely and urgent than ever – a one-night-only panel event spotlighting, and celebrating, queer and gender non-conforming artists, writers and creatives who live and work beyond the binary.
Panelists include non-binary emergency medicine doctor, television presenter and activist Dr Ronx Ikharia; E-J Scott, Curator of the Museum of Transology and the Founding Co-Director of Trans Pride Collective UK and Ireland, and recipient of the UK Activist Museum; non-binary writer, editor and lecturer Levi Bridgeman, whoworks in theatre, film, prose and radio; writer, writing mentor, creative consultant, speaker, and independent scholar MJ Barker; and, of course, Steven Appleby, the absurdist cartoonist, illustrator and artist most well known for their surreal yet personal comic strips published in the New Musical Express, The Guardian and The Times.
The discussion will be chaired by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet and author Joelle Taylor, and will be followed by an informal audience Q&A.
Tickets are free but space is limited, so booking is strongly advised.
• ‘Nothing is Real’ Talks Gender 6.30pm Wednesday 30th April 2025 Space Station Sixty-Five, 373 Kennington Road, London, SE11 4PT | Book Tickets Here
• Steven Appleby is online at stevenappleby.com
Steven Appleby’s “Nothing is Real”
Steven Appleby’s “Nothing is Real” exhibition continues at Space Station Sixty-Five until 10th May 2025.
“Nothing is Real is about secrets, and things not being what they appear to be,” he says. “It’s about what the next door neighbours are doing on the other side of the sitting room wall. It’s about private spaces and dark places behind closed curtains, beneath pavements, and down in basements.
“It’s about who – or what – your brother, sister, best friend and co-worker turn into when you’renot looking. It’s about the meaning of life and the meaninglessness of life. It’s about this world we allshare that exists inside our minds – not out there all around us. It’s about reality itself. It’s about nothing… and it’s about everything.”
• Nothing is Real 5th October, 2024 until 10th May 2025, Opening times: Wednesday – Saturday 12.00 – 6.00pm Space Station Sixty-Five Building One, 373 Kennington Road London SE11 4PT | Exhibition Information
• Steven Appleby is online at stevenappleby.com
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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