Maps carve borders through landscapes. Clothes are maps for the body. Both are arbitrary constructs, omnipresent in our society, and have a real impact on people. Mapping Gender is a multisensory solo dance work using video, scent, sound, and historical costume. It’s an invitation to explore the parallels between cartography and clothing the body through a lens of non-binary experiences. Created by Anders Duckworth in collaboration with sound artist Kat Austen, Mapping Gender looks at landscapes, the way we draw borders and create boundaries on maps to carve up geographical space whilst also asking us to explore how we look at the body and how we use gender to carve and divide people.

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Created in collaboration with nine artists and a group of trans/non-binary volunteers, Mapping Gender includes selections from a series of recorded interviews with non-binary people discussing their personal experiences. By drawing together people who exist on the margins and the ‘in-between’ spaces we open up new possibilities and provide an opportunity to re-discover complexities we find in gender.

Past Tour Dates

28th September
London, The Place Theartre

23rd November
Cambridge, Cambridge Junction

18th February
Worthing, Worthing Museum and Gallery

28th June
London, V&A FridayLate