Before The Rainbow... and After: a look at life for older gay men

"It is coming from a particular prism but ultimately it is about what it is to be human and how do we want to live. Your story is my story is our story."

A detail from the collage of David McCarthy by Silvio Severino, as part of the art project, Before The Rainbow…And After. 

Mark Storor has a wealth of experience facilitating and collaborating on artistic projects but his most recent endeavour had particularly personal resonances. Before The Rainbow…And After, produced in association with Cork Gay Project, explores the experiences of older gay men. The timing of the invitation to work on the project was particularly apt for the British artist.

“As a 60-year-old gay man myself, I couldn’t really say no to the idea that in my 60th year, my birthday year, I could work with a group of men like myself and find ways to share and tell our stories in ways that are meaningful,” he says.