Liverpool

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The Pansy Project has had an association with Liverpool since 2007 when the work first manifested in St John’s Gardens at Homotopia, as featured in the video below. Over recent years Harfleet has visited several times to plant pansies and talk about their work, including at the Museum of Liverpool and at FACT; part of Remember Nature as a featured artist, in association with Homotopia. Most recently Paul Harfleet’s work featured in Climate Lab at Open Eye Gallery. The videos below made in association with Homotopia are from the archive, videos made in 2025 and 2026 will be added here soon. Click here to read more about the work featured at Open Eye Gallery.

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The installation at Open Eye Gallery.
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Click above to read 'The Pansies A History of Violence' written for the exhibition at Open Eye Gallery in 2026.

In 2025 artist and founder of The Pansy Project, Paul Harfleet hosted a panel reflecting on the last two decades of LGBTQ+ life in Liverpool and discusses the challenges and advancements of the fight against discrimination. Paul is joined by Ollie Adebisi, Ant Hopkins and Chris Porter. Recorded as part of Homotopia’s Takeover day at the Museum of Liverpool in April 2025.