From Wivenhoe, With Love
The life and times of Richard Chopping + Denis Wirth-Miller
2017 marked the 50th year since the partial decriminalisation of sex between men in England and Wales - Essex based artist Scottee used this anniversary to focus on the lives of two trailblazers who set the then sleepy fishing village of Wivenhoe alight.
Artist: Scottee working with Radical Essex
What happened?
Artists Nando Messias, La John Joseph and Mem Morrison recollected the lives of the notorious couple in a performance made up entirely of local gossip, hearsay, speculation and distant memory. Visitors at three sold-out performances could listen to the factually incorrect, unrecorded histories of two of Essex’s finest queers in places within Wivenhoe they frequented.