The iteration of ‘Pupations’ seen in the archive was its first so far, performed at Newcastle’s independent arts venue ‘The Lubberfiend’. Writhing in a beer covered floor, and at times in each other’s spit, ‘Pupations’ encapsulates the importance of the alternative space in Adele’s and Shawn’s practice. In nightclubs, bars and warehouses, both artists use the environments and social understanding of the space to explore gender, sexuality, and perceptions of them. Using the taboo and the body, ‘Pupations’ brings the audience into a construction of identity on the dancefloor, where the rules and the stereotypes of the outside world belong to the people and not the space.