Three years before the Stonewall Riots in New York City (1969) there was the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot (1966) in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, which is just one among many pre-stonewall actions [New Republic] [NewNowNext]. The transgender and queer community of the Tenderloin took a collective stand for their civil rights. Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria (2005) is a documentary by Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman which sought to uncover the stories of what went down at the riot, …
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Artists are no strangers to using bodily fluids such as blood, sweat and tears (figuratively and literally) in their work. In the case of artist EA Conner, he uses human semen mixed in his paints for his artwork. Because of the quantity he needs for his paintings, EA Conner receives donations of semen. The first thought from someone finding out that the paintings EA Conner makes contains human semen is probably “gross,” but it makes his artwork intimate and allows …
Artists Genesis Breyer P-Oridge, Colette Justine aka Colette, and K8 Hardy discuss their work in relation to collage, gender and feminism on a panel held at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on October 26, 2013. Each artist on the panel manipulate different mediums (music, fabric, displays, photography, the human body, etc), applying collage techniques to their works, playing around with notions of gender, and the feminists’ perspective on identity and personae. Genesis talked about her involvement with COUM Transmissions music, performance …
In the mid-late 90’s there was a House track, “Icy Lake” by Dat Oven, which ruled the dance floors, popular with the gay vogue and ballroom dance scenes. Fast forward to 2000’s and now, the electronic sounds form “Icy Lake” some how wound up in machismo UK Grime tracks as well as more recent House and Techno productions. Recently THUMP along with the labels Night Slugs & Fade to Mind released a documentary exploring the history behind “Icy Lake”, and …
Keith Haring (May 4th, 1958 – February 16th, 1990) was a graffiti artist, a pop artist, a social activist, a LGBT activist, and a HIV/AIDS activist. He was a contemporary of Jean-Michael Basquiat and Andy Warhol. Haring’s work is considered one of the most recognizable visuals of the 20th century. He was able to bridge the sensibilities of graffiti art, street art with pop art styles, all the while infusing his social-political messages into the images. His work has appeared all over mainstream …
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