BABY OIL AND ICE : Julie Cook

A series empty interiors of London Strip pubs empty of people that show only the signs of what happens in these spaces. Also close-ups of the dancers themselves that confront the voyeurism that is intrinsic to these spaces and how they are experienced. In the era of American Lap dancing clubs this work was part of a collaborative book (with Sarah Ainslie and Lara Clifton) documenting the traditional striptease pubs in East London in the late 1990s. The book also includes interviews, writing, poems and stories written by strippers in the industry, and the customers.

: Ye Olde Axe