London based artist El(ena) Hoskyns-Abrahall (they/he) shares their debut solo exhibition exploring gender through the lens of the trans-masculine experience. El(ena)’s practice sits in a place of transition, finding and excavating what it means to be in progress or in the midst of process. When a transgender person begins medical transition it is almost as if they are transported to a point of adolescence again. Voice cracks, skin changes, body odour, new hair growth and more emotions than you know what to do with are all textbook for the adolescent experience, but pair this with choice, with wanting, with needing, and you have second-adolescence. Where often there is embarrassment or shame, instead you find bliss.

The students at South Molton Community College present their work ‘Through My Eyes’: a collection of portraiture, of themselves and prominent artistic figures. This work is inspired by their current study surrounding identity and the way we express and view ourselves through art.

This exhibition invites young people to display art related to fandoms, digital communities, pop culture and subcultures. The exhibition, curated by Orla Davey, is making an argument for more internet culture representation within museum and art gallery institutions. Calling for art, cosplay and shared memories, the work in this exhibition sheds a light on how young people find kinship through internet culture, and use fandoms to find their communities. Orla Davey is currently studying at Arts University Plymouth, working towards an MA in Museum Studies. Her work is focused on bringing internet culture into conversations around preserving current history.