15 February – 5 April 2025
Black Lodge Press is an ever-evolving print project, run by artist Cj Reay. For the past decade, Black Lodge Press has created work grounded in protest, DIY print, Queer culture, working class history and anarchist politics. With beginnings in DIY record labels and zines, Reay’s current focus is in-your-face, provocative print works which agitate direct action.
The Old World Is Behind You! is inspired by a piece of graffiti from the 1968 Paris uprising and serves as a rally cry to desert mainstream thinking and the suffocating grip of capitalism. Featuring retrospective and brand-new work, the exhibition is a celebration of autonomy and anarchy. The work is not about revolution in the political or violent sense but rather creating freedom, joy and happiness in the ruins of a dying economic system.
