Dundee-based community groups will see their stunning design projects go on display at the V&A this weekend.
The work was inspired by Night Fever: Designing Club Culture, a recent exhibition that celebrates people coming together to have fun, create and safely express themselves.
The creative projects produced together with hidden route, Front Lounge, LGBT Youth Scotland and Families Outside will go on display inside the museum’s Juniper Auditorium from Saturday.
A group of ten young people from LGBT Youth Scotland and Front Lounge worked with hidden route theatre company and V&A Dundee to create taboo, a co-designed performance set inside the exhibition following a week of intensive workshops in theatre design.
The group were supported by designers to create their own costumes, music and choreography.
Gemma Nicol, co-Artistic Director, hidden route, said: “The taboo project supported by The Mathew Trust looked to provide opportunities for young people to explore design practices and foster a new creative community.
"The group were challenged to explore the full spectrum of design in performance including music and sound design, set design, posters, promotion and costumes, all inspired by nightclubs.”
Laura Chow, Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery, said: “The best museums work closely with their communities to make creative opportunities available to everyone. We’re delighted to see this great work at V&A Dundee continue, with the support of our players.”
Participants of all ages from Families Outside, a charity that supports families in Scotland affected by imprisonment will also see their work showcased within the museum this Christmas.
Tracey Smith, Learning Programme Producer at V&A Dundee, said: “Through new community outreach partnerships this year we’ve been able to support the community-impact work that the national charity Families Outside do.
"We invited the network to join a designer and take over our tree with an explosion of colour and light that we can’t wait for visitors to see.
“Recently we’ve been working together to engage communities in a design thinking process and through a longer-term collaboration we’re delighted to provide free museum family passes to each prison family hub in Scotland.”
- V&A Dundee’s Christmas tree displaying decorations designed by participants from Families Outside will be available to see from 4 December, while Taboo will screen daily until 9 January 2022.
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