Congrats On Your Versatility

Meanwhile is delighted to present Congrats on your versatility, a one night only screening by Nathaniel Gordon-Stables.

Congrats on your versatility imagines new avenues in the formation of identity. In an environment that favours heterosexuality, individuals can morph their character to suit the standards of a straight context. Nathaniel investigates the processes queer communities use to challenge this unfortunate pattern, in order to form new realities that are better suited to them. This series of colourful cinematic shorts is part of a two-year project that comically responds to contemporary power dynamics within queer communities.

At the core of the artist’s queer optimism is the belief that people are effectively emotionally incoherent. These works magnify romantic and platonic queer relationships - exploring the desire, love, longing, loss and turmoil, that occur in all of them.