Scissor Sisters star Ana Matronic and Young Fathers rapper Kayus Bankole are to help launch V&A Dundee's celebration of nightclubbing next month. They will be taking part in a

virtual club night which party-goers all over the world will be able to attend at the end of the first week of the exhibition, Night Fever. Scotland's most celebrated nightclubs will be

highlighted alongside some of the best-known venues from around the world in the show, which opens to the public on Saturday. Plans for the virtual club night – which will feature a mix of

live DJ sets, film, talks and experimetal performances - have been revealed as nightclubs await a possible reopening date in Scotland. READ MORE The four-and-a-half-hour event the following

York which will include tracks inspired by clubs around the world. Bankole, who formed Young Fathers with Alloysious Massaquoi and Graham 'G' Hastings in Edinburgh in 2008, will

unveil a new short film billed as an exploration of “dance, communal experience and togetherness.” Matronic said: “Night clubs have always been spaces for innovation and exploration, and

places for finding yourself as well as an escape from the everyday. “My own personal evolution would not have been as grand or fabulous had I not spent my nights in sweaty, glorious

communion with my fellow dancers, drag queens, and denizens of the disco. “It is my privilege and honour to join forces with V&A Dundee to pay tribute to the vast culture that not only

allows for fun and frivolity, but also for deep connection, self-inquiry and growth.” Night Fever, which will run until January, will look at the how nightclubs have brought architecture,

art, fashion, graphics, lighting, performance and sound together, from the 1960s to the present day. Nichol Keene, creative programmer at V&A Dundee, said: “At a time when clubs and

communal experiences have been starkly absent from our lives, we’re excited to be bringing together designers, DJs, artists, musicians and more to celebrate these important spaces and the

people that make them. "Doing this digitally means we can invite audiences to tune in from all over the world. “The night will kick-off with a DJ set from Dundee’s very own Le Freak

Records before heading over to Dublin for a special director’s cut of the 2021 mini-documentary Clubbing is Culture - a love letter to Ireland’s nightclubs. “Later we will have moving image

work by Glasgow DJ and performance artist TAAHLIAH and Middle Eastern visual and performance artist HUSS. Artist Farah Hussain, who is studying at the University of Dundee’s Duncan of

Jordanstone College of Art and Design, has contributed a short film inspired by queer spaces. “Throughout the night, audio reactive visuals from designer Connor Campbell will punctuate the

sets. Our final stop will be in London for an after party with award-winning virtual LGBTIQ+ hosts Queer House Party.” A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR: THANK YOU FOR READING THIS ARTICLE.

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