Fake Fans is an exhibition by artist George Gibson in collaboration with Site Gallery’s youth collectives Society of Explorers and Creative Producers.
The exhibition explores the subculture of bootlegs, fan-made artefacts, and counterfeit memorabilia – unofficial objects that orbit around the things we love. Rather than framing the act of bootlegging as derivative or illicit, Fake Fans presents it as an act of creative resistance and reworlding.
Central to the exhibition is Fake Fans: The Movie, a newly commissioned pixel-art film animated by artist and game developer Pastel Castle. The film explores the world of bootleg trading cards, using similar visual language to original Game Boy games. Alongside it are a series of unofficial interactive games that remix familiar franchises into chaotic new narratives.
Fake Fans also includes zines, fan art, found images, reimagined hand-painted figurines and a series of playtest trading cards, created in workshops at Site Gallery.
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