We’re happy to announce @erdem.kuslu as part 2 of our ‘Workshop Weekends at @set.stage.gallery !
Whether you’re a casual scribbler or a pro, this event is all about exploring the art and study behind those spontaneous sketches.
Head to the link in bio for your ticket!
As always, all donations go to the artists 🎫
Poster by @erdem.kuslu
On 17th May 2026, join @daniwhereyouat at SET Stage Gallery for an inspiring, hands-on session designed to unlock your creativity and elevate your voice.
Whether you’re new to poetry or honing your craft, this is your space to write, share, and connect.
🎟️ Limited spots — book now via the link in bio
Come through, get creative, and let your words be heard.
Poster/direction: @thereturnofshe
Softer Harder, a performance night & private viewing… in the dark ?!?
A massive thank you to everyone who came to our event last week, each and everyone one of you made the night extremely special. Definitely one we won’t be forgetting soon!
Special shout out to: @teeeezoviich , @daisycarina____ , @luvsbrn , @absolutely_relentless , @spaceflop & @_femmedetta for making us reminisce, cry & laugh out LOUD with your stunning words & of course the incredible exhibiting artists @charliehenzi & @lily_bunney_ as well as co curator, exhibiting artist & Wonder Woman @aaronybailey 💌
Gallery Director: @thereturnofshe
📸: @wilfmerson
Softer Harder at @set.stage.gallery is officially sold out!
Ahead of the night, I spoke with the co-curator @aaronybailey Starting with her roots in photography, digital girlhood, desire, and the spaces that shaped us.
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📸: @macreadym
Direction/edit: @thereturnofshe
Only a few tickets left - hope to see you there 🤍
Softer Harder is a performance night and exhibition examining female sexuality, lust, and desire. Stage Gallery, SET Social Peckham
🗓 Fri 17 April | 18:00–22:00 (Opening Night )
Ends: Sun 19th April
🎟 £5-9
Tickets linked in bio
📸: @macreadym@aaronybailey 💕
Blending diary, essay, and late-night confession, Fopé writes on sex, intimacy, and belonging, mapping the emotional textures of queer life, with work featuring in Dazed, The FACE, i-D, Stylist, and The Guardian.
For Softer Harder, they revisit a piece from lockdown, where the absence of touch sharpened desire, and longing became impossible to ignore.
Limited tickets left via the link in bio 🔗
Sabirin Osoble (@luvsbrn )is a London-based poet and multidisciplinary artist, weaving storytelling with themes of identity, culture, community, and love.
At Softer Harder, she shares a piece on the blossoming of identity Exploring what it means to hold multiple selves, to grow, and to understand yourself through others. Rooted in nature, the work searches for meaning in connection.
(Slide 1 excerpt from Sabirin’s substack piece “When they ask me poetry, I will not write a line” @luvsbrn )
Get your tickets via the link in bio 🔗
Tara Bauković (@teeeezoviich ) is a London-based writer of autofiction and creative non-fiction, exploring desire, heritage, and identity through bold, lyrical language.
At Softer Harder, Tara shares a tragicomic story of losing their virginity in the age of dating apps and Snapchat, unpacking online disconnect, the pressure to perform sexual independence, and how we shape ourselves for male attention.
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Get your tickets via the link in bio 🔗
Maricel (@maricels.space ) is a multimedia artist working between the US and UK, exploring digital identity and the ways technology shapes culture.
For Softer Harder, she presents a personal essay on how early online “safe spaces” gave young girls freedom to explore sexuality and identity. Drawing on her own experience alongside thinkers like Laura Mulvey, Donna Haraway, and Judith Butler, the work is both intimate and critically sharp.
Performed by @_femmedetta
Get your tickets via the link in bio 🔗
Chloe Borthwick (@absolutely_relentless ) is a London-based comedy writer and performer in drag, film, stand-up, and sketch. She was recently a finalist of LIPSYNC1000, performing her infamous impersonation of Justin Bieber. She makes shot-for-shot remakes of film scenes and music videos with long-term collaborator, Meg Hodgson. And she writes a monthly newsletter on Substack (UNCALLED-FOR), where her piece for Softer/Harder was born.
A chilling account of using a Nokia 7610 to film herself masturbating for the first time, My First Orgasm (and other films) plays out every final detail, weaving in and out of the popular memories and influences that informed the act.
@daisycarina____ has been writing poetry since childhood, shaped by the empowering voices of Mary Oliver, Christina Rossetti and Maya Angelou; giving rhythm and voice to her lived experience.
For Softer Harder, she reflects on coming of age in the “wild west” of early internet where curiosity, desire, and danger all intertwined. Her piece unpacks digital girlhood, predatory encounters, and the messy reality of discovering sexual identity online.
Get your tickets today via the link in bio 🔗
