Margins of Time
An exploration of queer temporalities, set in the Clapton and Hackney marshes.
Antonio, June 2025
Margins of Time Exhibition at LCC, November 2025
“Queer time, even as it emerges from the AIDS crisis, is not only about compression and annihilation; it is also about the potentiality of a life unscripted by the conventions of family, inheritance, and child rearing”
Jack Halberstam
The Walthamstow and Leyton marshes are a wild space that sit between the city and historic water reserves. With traditions still in place that date back to when Hackney was well known for farming and gardening, it’s now a queer friendly spot, popular for cruising, wrestling and foraging.
Margins of Time, Hardback First Edition, run of 30, photo of book by Zac Gates
Last Summer, the marsh gave the participants of this project a portal, to reflect on how they experience time differently. Driven by a lack of LGBTQIA+ stories in history books, what developed was a series of portraits and stories about living outside of homogenous timelines and switching between queer and straight temporalities.
Grace, June 2025
Audie piece for miulti media exhibition at LCC, November 2025
Mary, July 2025
“...To live inside straight time and ask for, desire, and imagine another time and place is to represent and perform a desire that is both utopian and queer.”
José Esteban Muñoz
Margins of Time, Hardback First Edition, run of 30, photo of book by Zac Gates
“The project unfolded through a series of portrait sessions held in the marshes, where Ash met with friends and new collaborators who responded to her call-outs. Each session began with taking photographs before talking to the participants about their experience with queer time –an intentional process to help them feel comfortable.”
Photo by Zac Gates
Quinn, June 2025