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Book tickets
VHS Late Tapes
DOMESTIC is the fourth screening in the Late Tapes series—an exploration of fetishistic desire, curated by Content Warning (Harlan & Helena Whittingham) in collaboration with the Bishopsgate Institute’s UK Fetish Archive.
Kink isn’t just for the clubs—it thrives behind closed doors, woven into the fabric of suburban life. DOMESTIC peels back the curtains on kink in the home, where desire simmers beneath everyday routines. From household rituals to power dynamics in domestic roles, this screening contrasts fetish aesthetics with retro interiors, revealing the home as an intimate stage for kink.
Featuring rare VHS footage from the ‘80s to ‘00s, this screening will be presented in its original VHS format—a grainy, voyeuristic lens into the private, provocative, and perverse.
Programme duration: 60 min.
DOMESTIC is the fourth screening in the Late Tapes series—an exploration of fetishistic desire, curated by Content Warning (Harlan & Helena Whittingham) in collaboration with the Bishopsgate Institute’s UK Fetish Archive.
Kink isn’t just for the clubs—it thrives behind closed doors, woven into the fabric of suburban life. DOMESTIC peels back the curtains on kink in the home, where desire simmers beneath everyday routines. From household rituals to power dynamics in domestic roles, this screening contrasts fetish aesthetics with retro interiors, revealing the home as an intimate stage for kink.
Featuring rare VHS footage from the ‘80s to ‘00s, this screening will be presented in its original VHS format—a grainy, voyeuristic lens into the private, provocative, and perverse.
Programme duration: 60 min.
Helena Kate Whittingham is a frankly lusty woman with criminal sartorial taste. She has a deep and multifaceted experience of working with The Erotic, and due to her innate ability to connect people has honed a speciality of talent management within the Sex realm with her company Lover Management LTD. Prior to this, she was the assistant curator at VITRINE (London and Basel) until 2019.
Harlan Whittingham is an artist and curator based in Leeds who works primarily with video. They have screened work at galleries including The Whitworth (Manchester), Humber Street Gallery (Hull), and The Tetley (Leeds), and have co-run artist-led spaces including The Institute of Jamais Vu (London), and À CÔTÉ DU 69 (Nantes).
The UK Leather and Fetish Archive is dedicated to documenting and celebrating the history and heritage of the leather, rubber, kink, BDSM and fetish community in the UK.
The Archive started in 2016 with the deposit of the records of numerous gay/bi male UK leather clubs and has since expanded to hold the archives of organisations, clubs and individuals of all sexualities, gender identities and kink persuasions. We also hold an extensive collection of books, pamphlets and magazines documenting UK fetish history from the early 1900s to the present day.
Harlan Whittingham is an artist and curator based in Leeds who works primarily with video. They have screened work at galleries including The Whitworth (Manchester), Humber Street Gallery (Hull), and The Tetley (Leeds), and have co-run artist-led spaces including The Institute of Jamais Vu (London), and À CÔTÉ DU 69 (Nantes).
The UK Leather and Fetish Archive is dedicated to documenting and celebrating the history and heritage of the leather, rubber, kink, BDSM and fetish community in the UK.
The Archive started in 2016 with the deposit of the records of numerous gay/bi male UK leather clubs and has since expanded to hold the archives of organisations, clubs and individuals of all sexualities, gender identities and kink persuasions. We also hold an extensive collection of books, pamphlets and magazines documenting UK fetish history from the early 1900s to the present day.
Book tickets
09:00 pm
Fri, 18 Apr 2025
Cinema 1
Ticket information
- All tickets that do not require ID (full price, disabled, income support) can be printed at home or stored in email
- For aged-based concession tickets (under 25, student) please bring relevant ID to collect at the front desk before the event.
Access information
Cinema 1
- Both our Cinemas have step free access from The Mall and are accessible by ramp
- We have 1 wheelchair allocated space with a seat for a companion
- All seats are hard back, have a crushed velvet feel and they do not recline
- These are our seat size dimensions: W 42 x D 45 x H 52
- Arm rest either side of the seat dimensions: L 27 x W 7 x H 20
for the following requirements:
- We have unassigned seating. If you require a specific seat, please reserve this in advance
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