{"id":1058,"date":"2026-04-22T00:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:25:03","slug":"it-spread-through-gaps-and-voids-in-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=1058","title":{"rendered":"It Spread Through Gaps and Voids in Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9812-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A projection on a free-standing wall in a red-lit room, with the wall acting as the light source and a wooden bench in the foreground. The projection shows footage from a thermal camera with patches of different shades of purple, with the caption, \u2018I got hope in my soul\u2019.\" class=\"wp-image-1059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9812-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9812-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9812-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9812-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9812.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It Spread Through Gaps and Voids in Construction<br>23-28 April&nbsp;<br>XL Gallery, Newcastle University<br>Opening: 5-7pm 22 April 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This exhibition of work produced during a practice-based PhD brings together moving image, installation and photography to explore a gay sauna in Leeds that was destroyed by fire. The work uses witness accounts, reconstruction, and archival fragments. Moving between memory and official record, it considers how such spaces are experienced, documented, and remembered. What remains is partial \u2014 shaped by recollection, absence, and the limits of what can be recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_4540\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1186018977?h=07ca033565&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9750-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A projection on a free-standing wall in a red-lit room, with the wall acting as the light source and a wooden bench in the foreground. The projection shows the screen of a microfilm scanner with the caption, \u2018I don\u2019t know if you could document a place like that. Most of it happened in the dark anyway.\u2019\" class=\"wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9750-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9750-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9750-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9750-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9750.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9817-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A projection on a free-standing wall in a red-lit room, with the wall acting as the light source and a wooden bench in the foreground. The black-and-white projection shows three topless men at a pub-style table with the caption, \u2018Strong enough to walk on through the night There\u2019s a nice day on the other side\u2019.\" class=\"wp-image-1062\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5014831116639555;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9817-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9817-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9817-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9817-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9817.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9847-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A dimly lit room with reddish lighting. In the centre of the image is a free-standing wall with a framed collage on it. Behind this wall are some wooden benches and a speaker on a stand. To the right is the start of a wooden chair sculpture, and on the left is the edge of a white vitrine with a clip-on light.\" class=\"wp-image-1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9847-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9847-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9847-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9847-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9847.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9804-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A red dimly lit room with two collages on the walls in silver clip frames and prominent radiators. A sculpture of two chairs assembled like a loveseat sits on a black mat.\" class=\"wp-image-1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9804-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9804-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9804-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9804-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9804.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9827-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"In a dimly red-lit room, a sculpture of two chairs assembled like a loveseat sits on a black mat.\" class=\"wp-image-1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9827-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9827-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9827-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9827-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9827.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9709-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A deep white vitrine sits on wooden legs. Thin lamps on flexible stands are clipped to the sides, illuminating the dimly lit room with red light. The floor is wooden, and the walls are bare and white.\" class=\"wp-image-1077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9709-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9709-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9709-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9709-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9709.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9802-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A deep white vitrine, lit red by two lights clipped to the sides, filled with scattered black-and-white photographs, some curling up at the edges.\" class=\"wp-image-1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9802-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9802-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9802-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9802-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9802.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9805-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A collection of black-and-white photographs, some with curling edges, scattered in a deep white vitrine illuminated by red light.\" class=\"wp-image-1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9805-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9805-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9805-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9805-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9805.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9717-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Two wooden chairs are bound together with white cable ties, showing wear and marks on the seats. The background features a wooden floor.\" class=\"wp-image-1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9717-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9717-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9717-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9717-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9717.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9780-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A digital collage in a silver clip frame on a white wall. A distorted greyscale poster or advertisement has been heavily damaged or overlaid with scratches and white streaks. The background is dark and cloudy, with large jagged diagonal lines cutting across the right side. A graphic is overlaid with text listing various fetish subcultures and event details.\" class=\"wp-image-1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9780-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9780-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9780-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9780-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9780.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9766-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Two wooden chairs are bound together with white cable ties, showing wear and marks on the seats. The background features a wooden floor.\" class=\"wp-image-1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9766-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9766-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9766-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9766-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9766.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It Spread Through Gaps and Voids in Construction23-28 April&nbsp;XL Gallery, Newcastle UniversityOpening: 5-7pm 22 April 2026 This exhibition of work produced during a practice-based PhD brings together moving image, installation and photography to explore a gay sauna in Leeds that was destroyed by fire. The work uses witness accounts, reconstruction, and archival fragments. Moving between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibition","tag-68"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions\/1097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}