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2022
Digital billboards
4 of 4 from
Pride 50
480 x 720px, 864 x 576px, 1080 x 1920px jpeg RGB colour
17 January - 6 February 2022
UK-wide
'Cod Wars' broke out between Iceland and the UK in 1972 - the same year the UK's first Gay Pride march took place.
Cod Wars Turned Me Gay
tells the true-life story of one teenager's realisation of their gay identity, triggered by scenes on TV of burly trawlermen in conflict over fishing rights.
At the same time, the artwork deliberately satirises the ludicrous view, prevalent in the early 1970s, that people could 'catch' or 'be turned' LGBT+.
Cod Wars Turned Me Gay
is one of 4 artworks created to herald the 50th anniversary year of the first Gay Pride march in the UK.
