DAZED X
BUILDHOLLYWOOD
2024DISPLAYING LONDO AND GLASGOW- NOVEMBER, 2024
“Though she’s currently based in London, much of Gracie Brackstone’s work takes place in Manchester, where she previously lived for five years. She describes her work as ‘multidisciplinary’, combining documentary and video work to explore unconventional yet deeply cherished communities often found in queer circles.
“For me, everything I do is about love and freedom. It is all a form of protest to the binary way of living. We as queer people live in such an organic way, it is never usually the easiest option, we wish to pursue, but there is such beauty and admiration I have for that.
“I chose these images because they are mostly of people or in spaces which are so pivotal to my life. I feel that they really capture Manchester in all its colour and cuteness. For me, they summarise Euphoria. My friend Goodie, jumping in the air on the beach is everything to me! That is when I first got close to my girls and it felt like the beginning of something so special and it really was.
“I used to always say to my friends ‘this will be on a billboard one day’, [this campaign] just makes me think you actually can speak things into existence. If you are passionate about something literally anything can happen.
“Sometimes in this age of social media and the scariness that goes on in the world we all feel so doom and gloom, I hope these pictures are proof there is still such beauty to find in the world if you are willing to look for it!” - DAZED.
