As a celebration of queer Art, Foyle Pride are displaying the work of queer artists along the parade trail and its surroundings, with the support of many local host venues. These works will be displayed throughout the week of pride.
Void is proud to be hosting local artist Serena Kane’s artwork ‘The Honorary Flock’ as part of Queer Window Art Trail.
As well as admiring ‘The Honorary Flock’ in Void’s window, viewers are invited to add their own label, with a pigeon on one side and their own name, or the name of an artist they wish to honour, to the wall. For anyone who does not feel comfortable drawing, there is a small lino pigeon stamp and ink pad available to simply stamp a pigeon on your label. Labels and all art materials are available inside Void. [Image ‘The Honorary Flock’: 15 August 2025]
Serena Kane – Artist Statement
Title of Exhibition: “The Honorary Flock”
This piece is comprised of a series of tags, or labels, each with a variety of Pigeon depicted, using a range of traditional art methods. These methods include pencil drawing, charcoal, soft pastel, oil pastel, watercolour, gouache, acrylic painting, ink, and lino printing. On the back of each label is also the name of an artist. I have included my own name as well as the names of women and queer artists as far back as the 1500’s, thanks to the research in Katy Hessel’s Book, “The Story of Art Without Men.”
For displaying the labels, I intended it to be accessible and interactive, therefore each label is simply taped to the window. The arrangement is overlapping like feathers, spreading out from the centre, growing larger with each additional name.
We add labels or tags to things to add identity, for example the name of the gift’s recipient, or, to add a price to an item, showing its value. The labels represent the value and identity of those artist’s contributions not taught as standard in Art History, right up to today.
In its original exhibition, there were 57 labels and now, there are 172.
