AC LARSEN: ‘ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR NONE’

AC Larsen’s first UK solo exhibition is a collaborative act of queer resistance. 'All For One, One For None' utilises the aesthetics and symbolism of Judeo-Christian memorial rituals to explore the material realities of living as a trans+ person within the current UK political climate. In June of this year, the Football Association (FA) banned trans women from playing in FA-affiliated women’s football in England – even at amateur, grassroots level. The Scottish Football Association (SFA) quickly followed suit, stating that ‘only biological females’ would be allowed to play in SFA leagues from the 2025/2026 season onwards. The work in Larsen's show is an elegiac, fierce reaction to this injustice.

The space is dominated by 'Give Us Our Roses While We're Still Here’, an 8ft memorial which features the names of 140 trans+ footballers from grassroots teams across England, Scotland and Wales. Elsewhere, in the work ‘Stigmata’, Larsen reflects on their experience of recovering from gender-affirming surgery in the weeks following the FA’s policy update with a football sculpture covered in scars. In 'Communion', Larsen evokes the deep sense of care that can be built through ritual practice with 11 concrete casts of LED powered tea lights, which are often lit as devotional or celebratory acts within multiple faiths, arranged in the Lionesses’ Euro ‘25 winning 4-3-3 formation.

‘All For One, One For None’ is at once an ode to the formidable force of grassroots communities, and an evocation of the perpetual proximity to fragility that is felt by trans people, too often at the hands of governing bodies. 

Upstairs at OOF from 28 November - 20 December.

Opening 27 November from 6:30-8:30pm.

Admission is free. Use entrance for the Tottenham Experience at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Open Mon, Thu,Fri 10-5. Sat 11-5, Sun 12-4. Closed Tue & Wed.