YER DINNER’S READY

YER DINNER’S READY, a nostalgic evening of cuisine, performance and installation. Co-curated by Trackie McLeod and Programme Director Jenny Tipton, the night features new work from Len Goetzee, Durty Beanz, and McLeod. The second event in our new performance series, YER DINNER’S READY transports you to a simpler time, of after school TV dinners and Nokia 3310 polyphonic ringtones, Teletext, and Lynx Africa, offered up by a group of Glasgow based artists.

Co-curator and artist McLeod presents a collection of video works spanning ten years that celebrate the importance of Glasgow in his work and recurring theme of nostalgia, welcoming you to French Street for a night of unexpected sensory immersion and installation.

Len Goeztee brings to the table a series of brand new performances, inspired by jingles of times gone by, with hints of Crazy Frog and Toys ‘R’ Us transporting us to our inner child, while examining a trans methodology of collapse and dispossession. Music, voice, and the written word excavate a past enmeshed with the non-human and the more than human in Goetzee’s work, encouraging binaries to break down and temporalities to become twisted; an anti-propulsive practice reversing into queer resistance and old futures.

From chippy teas to tuck shop treats, Durty Beanz (DB) will punctuate the evening's proceedings with a six-course culinary performance exploring the relationships between memory, flavour and identity (both personal and shared). DB are an Action Research Group based in Glasgow. Established in 2019, the group produce a diverse range of outputs operating at the intersection of contemporary art practice and digital anthropology. Their goal is to playfully interrogate the shifting status of the things we eat, specifically in relation to global food inequalities, climate crisis and cultural identities.

Music provided by Dirt Brooks and Trackie McLeod.

This event is ticketed, with a percentage of the proceeds going to LGBT Youth Scotland.

Tickets cost £35. A six-course dinner and one welcome drink is included in your ticket. Vegan and vegetarian options available.

The event takes place at Strange Field, 105-109 French Street, G40 4EH, on the ground floor. Please note, our venue is wheelchair accessible, but our ground floor bathrooms are not fully accessible due the width of the door frame. The event will be seated.