How can the rhythms of songs incite a crew, family or collective solidarity? 

Rhys Morgan is the 3rd guest of our ‘as a chorus’ mini series, sharing 3 queer sea shanties from the project and choir, Seaweed in the Fruit Locker. Using Polari, a gay slang used to declare and protect gay people historically, the choir rewrites and performs historic sea shanties to describe queer lived experiences and histories. Founded in 2022, we speak about Morgan’s role in the choir, how queering shanties is a return to their origins,

Credits (in order of appearance);

Lion’s Den; Written by Rhys Morgan, performed by Seaweed in the Fruit Locker

Hell Cats; Written by Sef Penrose, performed by Seaweed in the Fruit Locker

I’ve My Own Suggestions Too; Written by Ben Doney, performed by Seaweed in the Fruit Locker

Bio;

Rhys Morgan is a queer interdisciplinary artist and curator based in Plymouth, UK. His work explores queerness as an operative in everyday experience and the expectations, possibilities, and limitations of how this is expressed. Being based in the South West of England, Morgan’s work often reflects on the heritage and experience of queer people on the peninsula. 

In 2023 he completed the MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths, London, being selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries the same year. He recently worked for the National Gallery with conceptual artist Jeremy Deller, as one of four national Assistant Curators to deliver Deller’s 2025 work The Triumph of Art.

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