What do photography archives mean to marginalised groups, and why are they important for heritage projects? Socially-engaged artist Emma Bentley-Fox is joined by photographer and archivist Stuart Linden Rhodes, performance artist Harry Clayton-Wright, and East Street Arts’ Alice Boulton-Breeze to explore this, plus Stuart's Hidden in Plain Sight: Queer Leeds exhibition on New Briggate, queer safety, and queer history.

Content information: Due to the social and historical content being discussed in this episode, there are references made to homophobia and transphobia.

Sounds of New Briggate is East Street Arts’ podcast series - hosted by local people, telling local stories - which celebrates New Briggate, a unique and vibrant high street in the heart of Leeds. 

Podcast Contributors:

Emma Bentley-Fox, social-engaged artist and art practitioner

Stuart Linden Rhodes, photographer and archivist

Harry Clayton-Wright, performance artist, writer and radical creator

Alice Boulton-Breeze, East Street Arts’ programme producer

The legislation that Alice mentions in the podcast is draft non-statutory guidance from the Department for Education. You can read this guidance at https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/supporting_documents/Gender%20Questioning%20Children%20%20nonstatutory%20guidance.pdf

Podcast Production: East Street Arts

Read a transcript of the podcast at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g-kTnzyml5jjgKGVYS4ZzKawlLSqXoi2BLvVfvZ5_WQ/edit?usp=sharing 

Hidden Histories of New Briggate is supported by Leeds City Council and Historic England as part of the New Briggate High Street Heritage Action Zone regeneration programme. To find out more about the project visit www.eaststreetarts.org.uk