Jaargang VIII – # 9 – September 2017

To the Choir

A mixed bag of goodies this month. More about the graduations from Dutch art schools and the
celebrations of art and Pride. Some very interesting new projects and shows –even in the
Netherlands- and lots of inspiring queer art stuff from nearly all over the globe. And many are
working on the rest. But not me, for now... The post just delivered the new (print!) issue of the Gay
and Lesbian Review and I can’t wait to put my teeth into the Cassandra Langer interview with former
LLM director Hunter O’Hanian. Yes we all have different priorities. So you go on and enjoy the new
GLIMP!

Crossing

* The New Front isn’t only located in Russia,

Tchechnya or Verwegistan. Only recently a gay
refugee -detained in Holland without having
committed a crime- has been on hunger strike for
more than a month. A fact totally ignored by the
mainstream press of this rainbow paradise. He
was released only after an exhaustive legal battle
and lgbt campaigning. Who’s next? Check the
LGBT Asylum Support FB-page. * The Crossing is
an exhibition by Carlos Motta addressing issues of Dutch policies towards migrants, minorities and
refugees in past and present. Objects from the historic collection are confronted with a series of
recent video portraits of LGBTQ muslim refugees from countries like Syria, Iran but also Egypt and
the Lebanon. Telling stories of exclusion, humiliation and violence not only in the country of origin
but also after their arrival in Holland. A story already in the process of being erased or made to fit the
national myth of tolerance. In Amsterdam September 16-January 7. More: www.stedelijk.nl. * Carlos
Motta, born in Columbia, studied in the US and now lives and works in New York. He is involved in
the Queer Art Mentoring Program where established professionals support emerging LGBT artists to
develop a queer practice. This exhibition was realized in cooperation with Secret Garden –a group
supporting LGBTQ’s with an ethnic background-. (Pic: Zizi from The Crossing. Carlos Motta, 2017 -video still-.
Courtesy of the artist)

Lievelingen

* Last chance. “He, du! Halt an! Was is das mit diesem Wasser, Alter?” Solo by Margriet Smulders in
Kranenburg till September 24. More: www.museumkatharinenhof.de. * Vuur. Solo by Maria Roosen.
In Amersfoort September 29-January 7. More: www.kunsthalkade.nl.
Nieuws

* Allerlaatste kans. No Label exhibition of photography by

Chantal Winatasasmita envisaging diversity. Closing with meet
and greet in Amsterdam August 31 (6:30pm). More: Facebook.
* Voorbij Wij en Zij –beyond us and them. An international
group show addressing topics of discrimination and exclusion
about diversity and inclusion. Among the works shown
photography by Patricia Kaersenhout. In Utrecht September 1
(opening at 5pm)-October 20. More: www.fotodok.org. * Part of
the Disruption. Remapping Nature show: Brief Encouters. A
special day of living sculptures by Jasper Griepink and Vincent
Olinet (unclear why Donna Huanca cancelled). In Tilburg
September 2 (2pm). More: www.lustwarande.org. * Medical Body Jewels by Ton Of Holland. After his
successful series of drawings inspired by Berlin’s underground gay nightlife he is now focusing on
physical discomforts informed by porn… Oh, dear. But he promises that the dozens of new paintings
will be dealing with the shameless subject in a tasteful manner. Includes implants, jewelry,
photographs and medical wallpapers (designed by Dennis Koot). In Den Haag September 3 (opening
1pm) till October 1. More: www.galerieramakers.nl. (pic –above-. Courtesy Gallery)

* The Ten Murders of Josephine. Exhibition by Rana Hamadeh.

The gallery functions as a study group, workshop and
production line for a forthcoming book, film and Opera! The
Gallery visitor’s comments are included in the libretto. More
about Hamadeh: in MetropolisM # 3 (p. 21). Opening
September 7(5pm). In Rotterdam till December 31. More:
www.wdw.nl. * Explosion Ma Baby. Solo show by Pauline
Curnier Jardin. Opens September 9 (5pm). In Amsterdam till
November 4. More: www.edbprojects.nl. See also: Jouissance
met een scherp randje -with an edge- by Alix de Massiac in
MetropolisM #4 (p. 33). More: Viva Arte Viva in Venice till
November 26, www.labiennale.org. * Jeroen Oerlemans (1970-
2016) exhibition of works by Silver Camera award winning
Dutch photo-journalist who was killed in action in Libya.
Curated by his friend Boes Hogewind. In The Hague September 12-25. More: www.atriumcityhall.nl.
* De heilige driehoek -trinity. Three abbeys and two dozen artists echoing an age old tradition of
religious art. Includes paintings and photography by Frans and Rienus Franciscus. In Oosterhout
September 16-October 22. More (and to order tickets): www.kunstindeheiligedriehoek.nl (cute
homepage!). (pic: Pelgrimage 2. Franciscus and Franciscus, 2017. Courtesy Heilige Driehoek) * Exhibiting bronze
sculptures by Relinde Kattenberg and light art by Lubbo de Graaf together with his own abstract
paintings artist, curator Eelco van Iersel opens a new show September 10 (2pm) followed by a special
concert Nada zingt Lorca (ticket € 10: rsvp). In Nijmegen till October 29. More: www.zevenzomers.nl.
* Fotoroute Den Helder. Dozens of photographers exhibiting at ten locations. Among them: Guda
Koster together with Paulien Oltheten and Joyce Overheul, ea. In Den Helder till October 1. More:
www.windkracht13.nl. * Canadian artist Sophie Labelle well known for the trans* web comic
Assigned Male will be speaking at the opening of Nijmegen’s Buiten de Binary –outside the binary
Day. Other speakers Professor Mieke Verloo, activist Olave Basabose and artist Marcia Deville.
October 14 (10:30am). More: BdB-day. * And I noticed this new book: Moving and Being Moved.
Yvonne Rainer. Roma Publication. ISBN 9789491843884 (128pp, $ 27,50).

Heritage

* Laatste kans. Zomerexpositie –summer. Group show. Among the

participants showing abstract works Wilma Vissers. In Bad-Nieuweschans till
September 10. More: www.lakaserna.nl. * Anutosh is staying in Hoorn for the
summer. September 2-30. More: www.galeriehelgahofman.nl. * Voorbij de
party –the day after. An extremely colorful display of objects by Henriëtte
van de Westelaken where Duchamp meets Tupper. Opening September 10
(3pm). In Nijmegen till October 15. More: www.galeriedenatris.nl. * Another
Villa Lila heritage artist –now owner of art space Kunstmagazijn- Ingrid
Oostendorp and filmer Els Dinnissen –who made several docs on gay history
(I was allowed to play a minor part in one of them)- are raising funds for an exhibition (De
handtekening van … -signed by…), a book and a doc about painter Robert Terwindt. Opening in
Nijmegen October 8 – book launch planned for October 28-. More: voordekunst. * Bloemen en
Parels. Ellen van Eldik. One of the frontrunners of lesbian art in the 80s. In Arnhem till November 2.
More: www.cultuurmijoost.nl.

Onomatopee

Sense and Sensibility will be art center’s NEST 2017 theme. Four
successive artists will be given room to explore new practices. A
publication will document their results and during the project a
space will be available where they, their work and the public will
meet. S & S will take on contemporary feminism, reflecting on
current narratives challenging the dominant patriarchal discours
and inform them with gender trouble, riot grrl-power and queer
infections. Between September and January the artists will
invite international writers and together provide What a girl
wants – what a girl needs through artistic experiments, exhibitions, and performances. A completely
pink Girls Room is where the fun will take place, where artifacts from the work and from others will
accumulate and become the subject of gossip, tea-talk and less secretive engagements. A creative
but not really queer mind already gushed it Chelsea Clintons Bedroom. The four artists are Mandy
Roos, Gabriel Ann Maher, Olle Lundin and Janina Frye. The invited writers: Lara Konrad, Kristen
Cochrane, Alicja Melzacka and Charlotte van Buylaere. Starting in Eindhoven September 2. And no
doubt to be continued. More: www.onomatopee.net. (pic: logo design by Virginie Gauthier)

Graduation II

* Last Chance. Best of Graduation. The eagerly awaited annual show of graduates selected by Ron
Mandos. In Amsterdam till September 2. The show closes with a ceremony announcing the winner of
this year’s Young Blood Award (4pm). I am hoping for Christian Thomsen (KABK). More:
www.ronmandos.nl. * Dutch artmag MetropolisM produces an annual review of graduates but – and
this was new to me- these are selected by the art schools themselves. I expected a magazine like MM
to critically evaluate art school policies not obediently repeating what the teacher just said. But it
does explain the totally unbalanced view of the emerging generation. This special annex has a run of
15000. Esmée van den Akker (Artez Arnhem) and her work on identity selected for both (quite
rightly). More: www.metropolismM.com.

Obsessions

Oracles and Obsessions. An interesting group show

only marginally curated by artist Koes Staassen
exploring the wonder of the creative process. But a
show where the pleasure and lustful process of
creation and art itself is opposed to the rational,
the conceptual and the scientific and conceived as
something magical. Mostly the thinly veiled excuse
to cling to the mysterious workings of the artists
inner world ignoring the even more complicated
but a bit more urgent socio political realities.
Creating art may be seen as an act of magic but it
takes a bit more if it is to bring about new worlds
beyond the subjective. The real magic is that when
queer art leaves the studio it, mostly, actually does bring about change no matter how subjective it
is. Curator Koes suggests that adding mysterious elements to transformations of embodiment may
help to visualize the invisible act without getting lost in a dream world. As he endeavors in his own
work. We recognize several interesting queer artists in the lineup: Elijah Burgher (Ca), Kinke Kool
(Nl), Fabio de Meo (It), Tom de Pekin (F), Timothy Phillips (Aus), Sam Samiee (Ir) and Johanna
Schweizer (Nl). Opening September 3 (3pm) with a performative presence of Astrit Ismaili. In
Rotterdam till October 7. More: www.cokkiesnoei.com. (pic: VI. Timothy Phillips, 2014. Courtesy Cokkie Snoei
gallery)

Antwerp

# As I wasn’t able to visit the actual graduation shows this year I had
to rely on other sources. Familiar sources like catalogues, magazine
revues but also new ones like (non queer and perhaps even
downright straight!) art-blogs, portfolio sites and the pr-
departments of the art schools. To start with the latter. I have been
made perfectly clear that most of these only exist to promote one
product. And that’s the school itself and most certainly not the art of
their graduates. * Even schools that have invested in the relation between school and society,
education and market can sometimes fall short as noticed in the case of the Arnhem branch of Artez
art school –see previous GLIMP!-. Still not heart anything back from them. * Like Arnhem most
schools have done away with the production of old fashion printed catalogues but imagine an art
school having done that, meanwhile investing in a reorganized PR department and still failing to give
any information whatsoever about the graduates and their art. Not even providing an alternative in
the form of a –public- portfolio site. And giving as an official ground the gaffe of “protecting the
privacy of the student”. This Antwerp –the Royal- art school is considered by many as the most
renowned of the country. And it certainly is in its own eyes. But it had to admit that compared with
the one of their St Lucas colleagues in the same city (no portfolio site either but providing lots of
postgrad info for the graduates)- their site wasn’t yet quite up to par, yet. Or as I would put it: dull
shit. * In Antwerp only the master students Research in Art & Design of St. Lucas took the matter into
their own hand and, to be fair, the school site (“created with love”) did help in promoting their own
special Alternative Acts graduation show. And included the launch of TYPP # 3 (see previous page). TYPP
or The YellowPress Periodical is the in-house magazine of the RAD masters department (it does look
very dull too!). * Sorry, no more. In Antwerp new art is a private matter.

Fashion

* Laatste kans. Puck & Hans. Couture Locale. In

Amsterdam till September 3. More:
www.amsterdammuseum.nl. * We’re everywhere. Even in
Curaçao that remote bit of our rainbow paradise and one
of the last chunks of our dark colonial past. With its own
Pride celebrations September 28-October 1. More:
www.curacaopride.com. And even a free lgbt mag. For this
occasion featuring an interview with selftaught designer
and islander David Paulus who created his own fashion
brand Art Couture and who recently exhibited in Arnhem.
More: The Pride Villager # 4. * And our Walter van Beirendock curated Power Mask. An exhibition of
ethnology and contemporary art including works by Viktor & Rolf, Claude Cahun, Jean Paul Gaultier,
Keith Haring, Hannah Höch, Brian Kenny, Vinoodh Matadin etc. In Rotterdam September 1-January
7. More: www.wereldmuseum.nl. (pic: C'est la fête à Rotterdam au Wereldmuseum. Coco Fronsac, 2017.)

Laatste kans

* No less than three interesting shows at the same time.

Ceylon-Lionel Wendt. Chimaera-Juul Kraijer. And
Revealing Reality by honorary queer Andres Serrano. In
Amsterdam till September 3. More: www.huismarseille.nl.
* Hokjesgeest –parochialism. Posters designed by
freshmen of the graphic arts departments of several art
schools from Belgium and Holland. In Breda and The
Hague till September 10. More: 3secgallery and Affiche
Galerij. Artist Dennis Koot, also a teacher at Willem de Koning- is involved in this initiative. More
about him: Koot. * Humor. 101 jaar lachen om kunst –laughing about art. From DaDa through
Surrealism and from Popart to Fluxus and the present day. Including works by Teun Hocks. In
Haarlem till September 10. Also a small solo by Evelyn Taocheng Wang (1981) but about that show
nothing more on: www.dehallen.nl. * Transcender. Solo by Arte Colder in Weert till September 17.
More: www.museumweert.nl en www.artecolder.com. * Pop Art from a private collection including
works by Keith Haring and Andy Warhol. In Amsterdam till September 30. More:
www.beursvanberlage.com. * Herman Gordijn. A review of the oeuvre of the artist who died just
before this exhibition opened. In Gorssel till October 1. More: www.museummore.nl. * Future
Bodies. Great review of the first decade of the steep career of Bart Hess. Artist talk September 17
(2pm) –see pic-. In Den Bosch till October 1. More: www.sm-s.nl.
AKI Catalogue

* If memory serves me well Artez Enschede has a long tradition of producing the
most beautiful graduation show catalogues. Good for them! But as beautiful as
this year’s book Provocation may be (pic: design by Gerard van Dragt), it also is pretty
useless. * It all seems to start very hopeful with what at first glance looks like a
thorough essay by academy director Marc Boumeester who appears to be fighting
a fierce battle on behalf of our beloved arts. But at closer look he’s fighting all sorts of windmills,
producing lots of hot air along the way, helped by fashionable linguistic philosophy. And his essay,
though quoting Braudillard, Lyotard and Irigaray is of no socio political relevance what so ever –not
even for art education-. Art for arts sake all over again. And one can only hope that the friezeology of
it all is as lost on the students as may be the Chinese translation -挑衅- provided in the same book!
When the preposterous becomes cute again I can forgive much but
after this a bit of Kant would come as a relief. * But what about the
rest of the catalogue? Cute portraits of the dozens of young
hopefuls enclose the works. But most of these seem to have to
speak for themselves. After the introduction this initially comes as
a gush of fresh air but noticing the only occasional mentioning of a
website, the almost total lack of background info on artist and
work it soon becomes clear that the book is of little further use
than as a thankful gift to proud parents. * But some seem to have
shrugged their shoulders about the whims of the director and took
to the camera to take a look at reality, like Annejet Brandsma or its
absurdities like Iris Zendman. And I don’t know whether she has
read any of Boumeesters philosophers but in her works sculptor
Hannah Joka shows she’s certainly not out of touch with
contemporary art on embodiment. And though his simple wordplay on reality –not even a Plato
quote- equals that of his elaborate master he perhaps did succeed in totally wrongfooting me with
the visual language of his Putin works but if so.., I take solace in his Set-fire performance. More:
www.melIenieling.com. Catalogue (hardcover, 224 pages, € 15) : AKI webshop. (pic: Putin dresses Up.
Melle Nieling, 2015)

Koot

* I’ll Stay by Your Side Anyway. A retrospective show of almost 60

posters designed over the past two decades by graphic artist Dennis
Koot (1976). The show includes early –free- works, screenprints and
some of the wallprints he designed in collab with Ton of Holland (see
also: Nieuws) who wrote an introductory text for a small booklet with
pics of a selection of the posters. This beautiful little booklet –Dennis
Koot dìd win several prestigious awards for book design- accompanying
the show is only on sale in some shops and at obscure locations (€ 10).
So if you’re not living in The Hague you best contact the artist himself
through www.koot.nu. In The Hague September 11-November 20.
Reception in the Galerij September 14 (4:30pm). More: Affiche Galerij.
(pic: Queerulanten, 2009. Courtesy Dennis Koot)
St. Joost and Film

* The annual TENT Academy Award for video art has

been transformed into a one day award festival
including animation, etc. A jury selected a score of
graduates from Dutch and Norwegian (!) academies.
All nominated films will be screened at KINO in
Rotterdam during September (for free, thanks to the
Norse embassy). Among them the –not queer or so but- impressive We will Maintain by Festus Toll
(and if you read Dutch check this review by director, filmmaker Menna Laura Meijer and you’ll see
why I highlight him. His film is a factual, insider view of the false -right wing- narrative of the failure
of the multicultural experiment in our little white man’s paradise. His film is part of the National Film
Festival Student competition this month. But back to our parish with Deep by Michelle Verhoeks
(pic). An animation about a woman’s inner journey exploring her sexuality. Michelle already made
some headlines on several festivals with Close Encounters a cute little animation about lip-syncing
vaginas –sic!-. Both Festus and Michelle attended St Joost –coincidence?-. More:
www.tentrotterdam.nl, www.kinorotterdam.nl and of course www.miesueel.com (book her!). *
Another of the St. Joost graduates is Apollonia Duijster who produced an intimate doc about
masculinity and male emotions (De Eenhoorn en de Mannentraan –unicorn and teardrop). Among
her previous films are a doc about girl masturbation (Vieze Vingers, 2016 –dirty fingers) and The Face
of Transformation (2015) about a young gay man’s Odyssey after his move to Amsterdam –a topic I
considered belonging to past generations-. More: www.apolloniaduijster.nl. * And check Marjolijn
Baptist’s experimental doc Sexxxual Revolution, though I’m not sure whether she goes beyond the
current straight narratives of pornification… * More about the St Joost film graduates:
www.akvstjoostfilm2017.nl. * And yes! Festus won…

Rietveld I

* VAV student Sandra Golubjevaitė (LT, 1988) caught my eye with a

queer feminist thesis titled Tomboydom LP and that even the forever
absent L-word is mentioned shouldn’t come as a surprise (includes a
list of hilarious hyperlinks). Check her weird animated world:
www.slayrweddings.net. (pic: Slayrsnet installation view graduation show). In
his figurative paintings Aurelien Potier (F) tries to capture “the remains
of unresolved contrasts, in between states of undermining violence
and safe intimacy” and yes, he also wrote a thesis addressing topics of
queer interest: In Defence of Permanent Resentment, on the hegemony
of the universal. More: www.aurelienpotier.fr. * Preserve Me is a
sculptured -ceiling supporting- column by Romy Yedidia, a sort of
feminist Atlas –to avoid the Caryatide stereotype. Refreshing
considering she studied inner-architecture. Not a department noted
for its contributions to our world. * Elisabeth Rafstedt’s graduation presentation (a coop with Sophie
Rentien?) casually displaying a Gay Agenda, Marlene Dumas like portraits –of women- on a wall and
somewhere between the pixels a hard to read L-word did stir my Gaydar. She was nominated for the
GR-academy award for her thesis but neither the report nor her portfolio mentioned the title. But
that’s all I can tell now. Erasure is an art of its own. But her work will be shown during the Selected
exhibition November 3-12. More: www.looiersgracht60.org. * Potter Emma Walch’s work would fit
well in our Modernisms section as she uses ceramics to explore the notion of body modification and
the transformation of virtual beauty in real life. More: her portfolio page. Next GLIMP!: fashion, fine
art and photography.

Last Chance Eu

* Tove Jansson, Kunst, Kaerlighed &

Mumitrolde -art, love and moomins. In
Copenhagen till September 3. (*10*) More: GL
Strand. * Tracey Emin and William Blake in
Focus. In Liverpool till September 3. More:
www.tate.org.uk. (see also: GLIMP VII # 11). *
Palimpsest. A History of Everything and
Nothing. Solo show by Documenta 13
participant Julie Mehretu. In Porto till
September 3. More: www.serralves.pt. (*10*)
* Slow Grafitti by Alex Da Corte in Vienna till
September 3. More: www.secession.at. * Grayson Perry: the Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! Mega
solo in London till September 10. More: www.serpentinegalleries.org. * Moving is in every direction.
An exhibition dedicated to environments, installations and narrative spaces. Among the artists
presented: Bruce Nauman, Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Isa Genzken/Wolfgang Tillmans and Pipilotti
Rist. In Berlin till September 17. More: www.smb.museum/hbf. * Peintre de la vie moderne.
Retrospective Alice Neel (1900-1984). In Arles till September 17. (*10*) More: www.fondation-
vincentvangogh-arles.org. * Annie Leibovitz, Les Premières années 1970-1983. In Arles till September
24. More: www.luma-arles.org. (*10*) (pic: exhibition view) * Kinetische Malerei. Carolee Schneemann
retrospective. Also at this location: Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017-till
September 17. Among the finalists presented winner Dana Lixemberg a Dutch photographer who
won the award with Imperial Courts her series documenting neighborhood life in the decades after
the Watts riots. In Frankfurt till September 24. More: www.mmk-frankfurt.de. * Reflektionen. The
annual show by Robert C Rore in München till September 30. More: www.kunstbehandlung.com. *
Repairing the Invisible. Kader Attia. In Gent till October 1. More: www.smak.be. * The Studio als
Arbeitsraum –the studio as workshop. Dedicated to photographer Wolfgang Tillmans. In Basel till
October 1. More: www.fondationbeyeler.ch. * Surplus of Myself. Review of the work by Tom Burr
including a few new sculptural interventions in the vicinity of the museum (among these: Benz Bonin
Burr a coop with Cosima von Bonin) in the center of Münster where the famous Skulptur Projekte
Festival is held this summer. Till October 1. More: www.westfaelischer-kunstverein.de.

DIY-Nl

Two Kunst.nl Awards both for original works by professional artists. One in graphic design and a new
one for photography. The juried award will be announced November 30. A selection of ten will be
presented for a public choice award. All awards € 1k each, and the production costs for an edition of
the winning work. Deadline for both awards is October 2. More: www.kunst.nl (a private company
providing art for business, trade and industry).

Fact

As a matter of Fact a solo show of video works by US artist Erik Levine (1960) addressing masculinity,
exploring narratives surrounding growing up and death, play, competition, sport, work. Hé, no love in
his life? Check the trailer. Accompanied by a book in German and English. ISBN: 978-3903153479.
Hardcover, 144 pages, ca $ 40. In Aachen till September 24. More: www.ludwigforum.de.

Verletzt

Die verletzte Welt –hurt world. A solo show by Argentinian born

Norberto Luis Romero who fled to Spain to escape the dictatorship in
his country and is currently living in Germany. The show presents
assemblages and computer generated collages in which the artist
explores his own life, addressing religion, sexuality, vulnerability and
inevitable death but also contemporary political and social issues. The
award winning author of magical and fantastic stories will attend the
vernissage of the show September 8 (5-11pm) and will be available for
a meet and greet the next day (3-8pm). The show in Cologne lasts till
September 30 and closes with a finissage (3pm). More: www.juergenbahr.com and
www.norbertoluisromerokunstler.com. (pic: Relicario. Collage. Courtesy artist)

Feminisms

* Last Chance. WOMAN. Feministische avantgarde der 1970er-jahre aus der Sammlung Verbund. In
Vienna till September 3. Special closing program -all day long, starting 10am. More: www.mumok.at.
* I AM the travelling exhibition showing work of some
thirty prominent female artists from the Middle East
creating new narratives, challenging stereotypes,
upholding “their rich heritage while embracing a future
full of challenges”. Good intentions abound but can’t
conceal that Amman –meanwhile- is almost the only
Middle Eastern capital –left- where this exhibition can
be shown. In Washington DC September 5-October 22.
More: Katzen Arts. And Caravan the organizing org. *
Last chance. Dreamers Awake. Works by women artists
associated with the Surrealist movement and their
contemporary counterparts (Leonora Carrington, Claude Cahun, etc.). In London till September 17.
More: www.whitecube.com. * Last Chance. Von den Nanas zum Tarotgarden. Niki de Saint Phalle
retrospective. In Hannover and Neu Münster till September 24. More: Park Gerisch. * Rosie the
Riveter. Women labor in WWII. In Groesbeek till October 1. More: www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl. *
Women of Rotterdam. Redressing the erasure of women from the post war reconstruction period
narrative. Till October 1. More: www.museumrotterdam.nl. * Auf/Bruch – Vier KünstlerInnen im Exil
–break/up. Among them the couple Ellen Auerbach and Grete Stern who established ringle+pit.
Probably the 1st women run commercial photography studio. The advent of Hitler ended company
and relation. Graphic designer Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and fashion photographer Elly Niebuhr are the
others. In Salzburg till October 29. More: www.museumdermoderne.at.

Yatrofsky

# US artist Jessica Yatrofsky is residing in

Berlin this season at the Institut für Alles
Mögliche and takes that name as an incentive
to show her work all over the place. * The
next opportunity to meet her and see her
work is during the Body Body Body group
show. It opened at the Liegenschaft
residency, studio space of the Institute but it
is unclear till when it will be open. The
Liegenschaft is where Jessica is staying through September (and the Institute is welcoming proposals
for residencies by globetrotting artists). * Here she will also have a solo presentation and signing
session of her I Heart Boy (2011) and I heart Girl (2015) books exploring today’s hypersexualized
bodies and the concepts of feminine and masculine beauty. September 8 (7pm). * Check the
interview with Jessica in Libertine Magazine # 4. The innovative woman’s Magazine –for lifestyles
beyond the mainstream-showed her work during the #4 launch party. Sorry, in German only. But In
Love with Women, another Libertine group show. September 15 (8pm). Check the Facebook
eventpage.* And then of to Basel’s LustSTtreifen “The Future ist Queer” Film Festival for a solo show
of her photographs and another booksigning. September 25 - October 1. More: luststreifen.ch. *
More: www.I-A-M.tk and jessicayatrofsky.com.

Zines

* The new # 9 issue of the Berlin based queerfem

DIY zine Brava is dedicated to the intersection of
hair and classism. And contains some self tests:
score your adulthood or check how bourgeois
you are. The teenmag styled zine with a high
score on the irony scale is available through
brava.blogsport.de. * Free Dutch print magazine
Attitude launched its # 4 Summer issue. And yes,
it is becoming a must read. The only piece longer
than 3 pages is an interview with queer neo-drag
Sasha Velour. Another two pages introducing Belgian fashionista Emmanuel Lejeune who designs
special outfits for queer dragqueens. More: www.attitude.nl. * A second edition of Doable Guys Zine
launched at last month’s Flame Con. With erotica from the gay persuasion by some twenty artist. All
proceeds go to GLSEN. More: doableguys.tumblr.com (also more info on their Figure Drawing Nights
–in NYC-) * Teenage Paranoids is a DIY fanzine focused on “industrial, psychick, queer, cut-up, noise,
acid, porn, vaporwave and post-internet culture” calling for writing but also artworks for the next (#
3) issue. More: Blame. * Mascular # 19. The winter 2017 edition. A special addressing the concept of
Home. Free download of the 256 (!) page mag filled to the brim with gay art and photography: here.
* I thought July was international Zine month. But what about all these Zine fests in the US?
Baltimore (September 2), San Francisco (labor day weekend), Kansas City (September 10) Richmond
(September 29-30), Twin Cities (September 30) and KF Zinefest (September 9).

News Eu

* Daniel Clarke (pic) was awarded first price in the juried international L’Art comme Outil de Coming
Out –art as coming out tool- art contest to celebrate the French launch of the ToF movie. So the jury
also awarded a prize for best French entry. That went to Melvin Le Ribote. And the public chose a
work by well known FullMano. More about the contest www.concours-tof.com and an album of all
selected artists on the Tomoffinlandfilm Facebookpage. * Drawn from Life. A series of sculptures by
Marc Quinn made from casts of his partner, a dancer. The works are exhibited in dialogue with the
antique sculptures in the Museum commenting on the development of technical and visual language
over time. In London till September 23. More: www.soane.org. * House of Joy. An art show of collage
work by Kai Teichert evoking Morocco as an oriental fairytale refuge for generations of sexual
dissidents centered around a triptych, a high camp painting portraying gay philanthropist Charles
Leslie in his exotic residence. In Berlin September 7 (opening 7pm)-
November 27. More: www.schwulesmuseum.org. (pic: poster – detail.) *
Dark Light. An exemplary retrospective of the work of Nicole Eisenman
(1965) that fully acknowledges the queer and feminist aspects of her
work and career. Opening September 13 (7pm). In Vienna September
14-November 5. More: www.secession.at. (pic: It is so, 2014. Courtesy artist,
Susanne Vielmetter Projects & Anton Kern Gallery) * Alicia Framis. Fearless. A review of many of her
costumes, installations, objects, performances about Human Rights. The show coincides with other
major projects surrounding HR. Includes her anti-Dog project about
women’s rights but (why) not (?) her more recent Genderless project
about gender diversity. Is the issue there not considered to be a HR
issue. Framis will give a new performance about fear and control. In
Nürnberg September 14-November 11. More: Kunsthalle. * And works
from John Paul Evans series till death do us part and home and away
th
(see pic, courtesy artist) were selected to be shown at the 30 Encontros da
Imagen festival for art and photography in Braga (Pt) September 15-
October 29. More: www.encontrosdaimagem.com. * Points of
Juncture. Solo by Cos Ahmet. With a unique guided tour by the artist signed by a BSL translator.
September 16 (1pm), RSVP. And Cos will be giving a tapestry weaving workshop September 17
(11am). In Enfield (UK) till October 22. More: Forty Hall Estate. * A pretty unique chance to meet
queer commix writer Greg Lockard editor of Poison Press # 1 Zine introducing Re-Infinity a sci-fi story
with art by Tim Fish at the Thoughtbubble comic art festival in Leeds September 18-24. More:
www.thoughtbubblefestival.com and www.greglockard.com. * Jasper Johns exhibition. September
23-December 10. But not part of the anniversary party so perhaps we’ll have to do the queering
ourselves here. And to do the ground work: A beginners guide to Johns
provided by the Academy ignores his homosexuality. By the way: the
exhibition is subtitled Something Resembling Truth… At the same
location Dali and Duchamp. October 7-January 3. More:
www.royalacademy.org.uk. * Boom for Real. 1st large scale review (well
this century) of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) in the UK. Partly
based on recent research shedding new light on some of his most important works. In London
September 27-January 28. More: www.barbican.org.uk. * Beyond the Trace a solo presenting works
on paper by Nicola Tyson, best known as a painter, performer and photographer. But even her
recent sculptures are underpinned by drawings. In London September 28-November 12. More:
www.drawingroom.org.uk. (pic: The Gaze 15. Nicola Tyson). * Part of the 57th Biennale: Body and Soul. An
exhibition about Performance Art – Past and Present. Includes: Valie Export, Katarzyna Kozyra,
ORLAN and Carolee Schneemann. In Venice till November 26. More: Palazzo Pisani. * Limited edition
photo book by German –Mascular Studio group member- photographer Oliver Zeuke –from the B as
in bear section of our alphabet-. Hardcover 48 pages (ca € 35,10). Check –and order- at
oliverzeuke.com.

Pride-Eu

# Folsom Europe in Berlin September 6-10. Notorious street

fair: September 9. * The artist Lars Deike is showing his fetish
and kink art –but he’s also painted the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgance - at –no less than- three locations: the Ink tattoo and
piercing shop, café Brenzel, and at Dr. Lender’s animal praxis
(for our sort of pups, serious!?). September 6-9. More:
www.deike.de. * You and me and something in between or
Instinct # 4 a new edition of the group show focusing on inter- and posthuman relationships of sorts.
Among the participants: Ton of Holland (see also: Nieuws) and Mathias Vef. September 7 (opening
at 6pm). Artist talk September 9 (3 & 6pm). Finnisage September 10 (6pm). More: Village Gallery. *
Morepixx. Folsom Photo Weekend. The 14 winning photographs from this fetish photo competition
will be displayed at a special show at the Schwules Museum September 7-11. More:
http://www.schwulesmuseum.de/ and www.morepixx.com. (pic: The Dentist Chair. René Zuiderveld). *
During the streetfair you can admire the Sisters in live action and visit You Urn It a special show of
your last will objects. More: www.denckerschneider.com. * More: www.folsomeurope.info or check
the guide. # Already preparing for Pink Festival in Cambridge (UK) July next year. # Servia Pride in
Belgrado September 11-17 (parade). * The annual Queer Lounge is an interdisciplinary display of
queer arts. This year’s Lounge focuses on the limits and possibilities of queert art itself and is curated
by queer feminist art historian Anna Simon Zelenovic. As yet no detailed program available. * More:
www.parada.rs. # Cambridge Pride. Cruising for Art. A series art evenings when the public gets to
cruise their favorite artists using special bandanas to designate their favs “playfully exploring the
practice of cottaging and similar encounters in public spaces…” Artist/Curator Brian Lobel is
welcoming new entries by artists of all disciplines who welcome such encounters. Next event
September 13 (6pm) -2017!-. More: Junction. * More: Pink Festival.

Queering Britain

* Last chance. * Feels and Flows a contribution to queering the gallery by Paul Maheke and Cedric
Fauq. In London till September 4. www.tate.org. * Gay UK: Love, Law, Liberty. A “history of troubles
and triumph” told in the British Library through oral histories, manuscripts and rare prints –including
the Wolfenden Report and the GLF manifesto. In London till September 19. Interesting side program
of debates and lectures about drag, music, translating, etc. More: www.bl.uk. (*10*) * Queer British
Art 1861-1967. In London till October 1. More www.tate.org.uk.

More Maheke

* (X) A Fantasy. A group show celebrating the 10th anniversary

of the gallery. Besides Paul Maheke: Jimmy DeSana, Rosie
Hastings, Hannah Quinlan, Hannah Regel, Prem Sahib,
Wolfgang Tillmans, Danh Vo, Zoe Williams, ea. About
transgressions from personal to political, from private to
public. In London September 7 (opening: 7:30pm)-December 9.
More: www.davidrobertsartfoundation.com. * Habits of Care. A group show addressing the topic of
curating as a narrative of individual and collective care. Paul Maheke will give a performance (as will
Laura Yuile) during the reception September 13 (5pm). In Toronto (Ca) September 11-30. More:
www.blackwoodgallery.ca. (pic: courtesy galler). * La Pensée du Tremblement –shivering thought.
Carte blanche a collective Diamêtre. A group presently living an artistic and creative utopia in a
derelict building –one of the largest temporary cultural hotspots of France, if not Europe and due to
close end of 2017. The official reception will be at their home base at Les Voisins September 14. And
Paul Maheke is among the many performing artists. In Paris September 20-October 16. More
www.jeunecreation.org (and if you read French this is worth a few hours of exploratory googling…).

Modernisms

* Last chance. Auto Vision –Medienkunst von Nam June Paik bis Pipilotti Rist. In Bremen till
September 3. More: www.kunsthalle-bremen.de. * Sprung a Leak. Say goodbye to Cecile B Evans
robots and their dog. In Leuven till September 26. More: www.mleuven.be. * Pop Music and Video
Art. An interdisciplinary crossover. In Herford till September 24. More: www.marta-herford.de.

Senga

Avant-garde black feminist artist Senga Nengudi at the main

pavilion of the Venice Biennale till November 26 (more:
www.labiennale.org) and Improvisational Gestures a first (!?)
museum showing of her RSVP series of performative sculptures in
the US. Her work on transcending gender –with Maren Hassinger-
may well earn her a place in queer art but I couldn’t find any
publication hinting in that direction (perhaps I am just looking in the
wrong direction. Guidance is welcomed!). In the press release for
this exhibition the emphasis is on her work as black artist (and the formal aspects of her work, of
course) and her work on gender isn’t even mentioned. Oh dear (did anybody notice you can strangle
someone with a pantyhose). In Chicago September 7-December 10. Artist talk by Senga Nengudi
September 9 (2pm). Afterwards “performers will activate works in the RSVP series”. More:
museums.depaul.edu.

News-Nam

* American Wildlife a book launch and signing with author

photographer Mickey Aloisio. About a three month journey
across the States photographing queerbear communities and
their safe places, meeting people and starting new coops to
create art together. Special edition of 100 signed copies. In NYC
September 8 (7pm). More: www.bgsqd.com or Mickey’s pitch on
Youtube. * Queer as a Clockwork Peachfish. A Solo by m(Artha)
Burgess. Featuring an installation of sculptural objects and two series of photographs. Queer as
Clockwork Orange: portraits queering notable GLBT’s from New York in settings inspired by the film.
And My Something a series of nudes dislodging socially accepted mores. Artist’s reception September
8 (7pm). In New York till September 15. More: www.trestlegallery.org. (see pic above) * Several group
shows in Provincetown (MA). Opening September 8 (6pm) a show lasting till September 20, including
work by Katrina del Mar. And included in the next show work by Dietmar Busse and Conrad Ventur,
Opens September 22 (6pm) and last till October 15. More: www.artmarketprovincetown.com. *
Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field. Large scale community art
installations that explore the boundaries of traditional craft practice.
Includes a micro residency by our LJ Roberts (1980) who will be
working on a new work inspired by and honoring the heritage of the
notorious Van Dykes of the 80s (see sketch, courtesy MAD). You can meet
LJ in the studio till October 15. In NYC till January 7. More:
www.madmuseum.org. * Part of the MaterialKink artshow’s side
program an artist talk by James Murray whose practice “focuses primarily on queer culture and
history through video, music, performance, computer-based generative animations and drawings.
These works explore queer semiotics, specifically the evolution of coded languages for
communication (…)”. September 9 (2pm) in the aptly named Etienne auditorium of the Leather
Archives & Museum Guest Artist Gallery. In Chicago till January 14. More: LAM-GAG. * Remnants #6.
Restored, resituated, recalcitrant, regurgitated, regenerated, and an assorted, alliterated review of
remnants. Remembering as an act of reliving, reordering and reorganizing. The one night restaging of
a multimedia installation by Peter Cramer and Jack Waters. Opening in NYC September 10 (7:30pm)
More: www.microscopegallery.com (pic: No retreat on HIV). * Robert Siegelman will start an art
course (Works on Paper: Mixed Media Drawing) at SMFA in Boston starting September 11. More –if
you can afford it-: TUFTS. * Preston Gannaway is exhibiting works from Between the Devil and the
Deep Blue Sea in San Francisco till September 20. With an artist talk September 6 (6:30pm). More:
City College. Work from Teddy Ebony, Queer Youth in America is shown at the Fast Forward//
Rewind show in Atlanta till October 14. More: mocaga.org. And he will take part in Click! Festival:
Where we Find Home. Showing recent southern photography. In Durham (NC) September 15-
October 14. More: Cameron Gallery. * And Lorenzo Triburgo will be giving an online course at the
NYC School of Visual Arts “simplifying” complex ideas in Gender and Sexuality Studies to guide
[students] in the exploration of gender and sexuality in [their] work. September 18-November 20.
More about #GenderSexPhoto: www.lorenzotribrg.com.

* NY Art Book Fair includes many queer art books, new

editions, fan- and perzine, presses and prints
presentations. With Ethan Soshan –Breadcrumbs- & Jack
Waters –Pestilence-, etc. Another event –part of the
Printed Matter Classroom series- is a discussion of the
intergenerational legacy of the battle surrounding
HIV/AIDs. (pic: No retreat on Aids. Courtesy Peter Cramer)
Promoting the edition of the hybrid AIDS OS Y –version
10.11.6- by Allied Productions and dozens of artists. NYC
September 21-24. More: www.nyartbookfair.com and Classroom (wow, what a line up!). * Trigger:
Gender as a Tool and a Weapon a show by an “intergenerational group of artists who explore gender
beyond the binary to usher in more fluid and inclusive expressions of identity” investigating
“gender’s place in contemporary art and culture at a moment of political upheaval and renewed
cultural wars” (quotes from LLM Recommend Newsletter). In NYC September 23-January 21. More:
www.newmuseum.org. * Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait. A show of printed works of the
famous artist by the Museum that is producing a catalogue raissoné of all her Prints and Books… In
NYC September 24-January 28. More: www.moma.org and check the work in progress.

Albany

A few months ago I mentioned the FAN-Friendship Albany Nijmegen- festivals and
wondered whether anybody (there or here) even contemplated involving the local
lgbt centers in these nostalgic –focusing on Tulips and or WW II- festivals either
side of the pond. I’m afraid not. When I recently looked into it again I didn’t find
any trace of it but came up with another angle for queering these events. Albany
has an annual exhibition of artists from the Mohawk-Hudson region. This year’s
event is juried by Jack Shear (pic) a curator, queer artist, photographer and husband of the late
Ellsworth Kelly and is no stranger to the international art world. I don’t know what’s his link to Albany
but he also selected the dozens of artists currently exhibiting in the Albany Institute of History and
Art. Last chance though, on till September 3. Perhaps he’ll be willing to curate an art show by
regional queer artists on behalf of the Nijmegen Valkhof Museum? More: www.albanyinstitute.org.

Last Chance NAm

* One Sweet Day. Solo exhibition by Jaimie Warren showing a

series of staged video self portraits. In New York till September 3
More www.theholenyc.com. (pic) * Rei Kawakubo / Come des
Garcons. The Art of In-Between. In New York till September 4.
More: www.metmuseum.org. * Picturing Kinship: Portraits of Our
Community. Paintings and photography by Lenore Chinn. In San
Francisco till September 18. More: www.glbthistory.org. *
Among Friends. Robert Rauschenberg retro in NYC till September 17. More: www.moma.org. *
Screaming in the Streets: Aids Art Activism. The show marks the launch of Ward5B a new archival and
curatorial service specializing in late 20th century urban arts. Special catalogue designed Carlos E
Kempff Semele is presently at the printers (check Clampart later). In NYC till September 23. More:
www.clampart.com.

Lohman

* Last chance. Found. Queer Archeology, Queer Abstraction. New

methods of exploring concepts of identity through art. In New
York till September 10. * And the Ancestors Traversing Quilts; a
site specific installation by Rachel Farmer inspired by her
personal heritage. Till September 17. (pic: installation view. Artists
courtesy.) * Resuming the always interesting weekend shows with
a presentation of Michael Waldens work, Labyrinth of Desire,
exploring “the journey of emancipation from the constraints of societal conformity, a paragon
presented to the world only to be overshadowed by the gaze of disillusionment and feelings of
estrangement. Realizing that desire in all its forms is about the pursuit of happiness and
understanding that is attained just before it is lost.” More gay drama at the Opening September 8
(6pm). In LLM’s Project Space September 9-10. * Fall Benefit honoring artist filmmaker Barbara
Hammer, the collector and philanthropist Charles Leslie and the investment company Alliance
Bernstein for its diversity policies (“achieving HRC's Corporate Equality Index rating of 100 annually
since 2015”). With special preview of the BARBARA HAMMER: Evidentiary Bodies exhibition. Special
host: Justin Vivian Bond. Tickets from $ 200 (Oemph!). October 3 (6pm). More:
www.leslielohman.org.

BGSQD

* Last chance. Policing Gender an installation by Lorenze Triburgo

addressing the topic of mass incarceration through photography
and audio from a queer perspective. With a special panel
discussion as part of the Envisioning our Future program to discuss
“prison abolition as a political imperative to LGBTQ activism”.
September 7 (6:30pm). In New York till September 10. * Love Me
Tender a show of drawings from the past decade by Jared
Buckhiester exploring “conflicted desires and the American archetypes that anchor them”. Curated
by David Getsy who also contributed an introductory essay to the catalogue that accompanies the
show. With an evening of poetry reading by Charity Coleman (September 30) and a screening of
Doug Ischar films October 12. Opening reception September 15 (6pm). In New York till November 12.
More: www.bgsqd.com. (pic: Untold. Collage with ink and gouache by Jared Buckhiester. Courtesy: BGSQD.)

Nasty Women

* Nasty Women. Art auctions all over the world raising funds for local women’s
projects. With the following shows in September. * Funds raised in Boston
during a group show by almost 170 (sic!) artists September 1-10 will benefit
Color of Change and Planned Parenthood. Special reception September 8
(5pm). More: Laconia Gallery. * That same date the Women Bring Change Inc of
Chicago organize an event with performances and an art show. Proceeds will go
to their branch of Planned Parenthood. September 8 (5:30pm). More: Facebook
eventpage. * And the Nasty Women of Oak Park (IL) have set a target of $ 10k for their exhibition
event. Magical Minds Studio September 16 (6pm). More: www.oakparkart.com. * London’s Nasty
Women are raising funds for Rape Crisis UK and Women for Women International. A private view of
the exhibition will be held September 21. And the public viewing of the show: September 22-October
1. More: Creative Debutes. And check the pages of the participating artists. * But there is another
Nasty Women group in London. Their weekend shows includes a program of performances, etc. They
are raising funds for End Violence Against Women. September 22-24. More: Stour Space. * More:
www.nastywomenexhibition.org. (pic: We are the weirdos, mister! Dan Litzinger –www.danlitzingerfineart.com-.
Courtesy NWB).

Cassils

Monumental is a new solo by Cassils of monuments made metals

and bodily waste, visceral sound and video installations,
photography and live performance. Centered on Pissed a glass cube
containing 200 gallons of urine passed by the artist since Trump
rescinded Obama’s bathroom order. Contextualized by recordings
of a Virginia (!) school board meeting and an Appeals Court session
articulating the bias and ignorance at all levels of the straight state
system. During a new performance Fountain Cassils will be
cathetered and linked to the cube forming a living monument to
the medicalized trans body. Also shown is Resilience of the 20% the
monument to the resilience of queer communities facing the increasing number of trans murders
(the title refers to a rise of 20% in 2012). The one ton monument was part of a collaborative
performance with lgbtq’s in Omaha earlier this year (see GLIMP VIII # 6). Cassils will open the
exhibition with a life performance September 16 (6pm). In New York till October 28. More:
www.feldmangallery.com or better www.cassils.net. (pic: Alchemic I. Photo Cassils and Robin Black. 2017.
Courtesy Cassils)

Halsted

The new exhibition season of the LGBT Center on Halsted

continues the tradition of opening two simultaneous
exhibitions on separate floors of the center. Birds of Song is a
show of encaustic paintings mounted on sheets of music by
Adam Thomas creating a sort of multilayered visual double-
entendres. And Mary King exhibits a series of her works of
paper, drawings, inks and water colors: Old Lesbians and
Other Contenders. Both shows open September 8 (6pm). In Chicago till October 17. More:
www.centeronhalsted.org. (pic: Old Lesbians in Another World, watercolor. Courtesy artist).

Pride-US

# Pride in Worcester (MA) September 6-10. Parade September 9. * Pride Paints the Woo! Worcester
Youth Pride invites all to participate in creating three pedestrian crossings of a main street, but using
color schemes reflecting our own queering of the traditional rainbow. September 6 (9 pm). Check
their Fbook event page. * More: www.worcesterpride.org.
Pride-Ca

* Fête Arc en Ciel. Pride in Quebec August 31-September 4. Parade:

September 3. * Tous en couleurs. Artists of Galerie L’Imagerie were
invited to make new art about homophobie et fierté. Opening August 31
(7pm). From September 1-11. More: www.egi-art.com. * More:
www.fetearcenciel.ca. # Celebrate Bi-sexuality Day. The 1st Toronto Bi
Arts Festival September 22-24. * (In) Visibility a 2-D art exhibition by
more than a dozen bi* identified artists includes a presentation of the
Remember My Name Craft Action 2016 heritage project. The title of the
show reflects one of the main issues in the B section of our rainbow
community. The lack of representation –not only in the mainstream- in
lgbt activism, art, performance and politics. But the show also addresses the topic of the strategy of
invisibility. September 2-30. More: D-Beatstro. (see pic) * A special arts and crafts pop-up market will
see the launch of Crush Zine, the articulation, celebration and pronouncement of Canada’s Bi-
experience. Also at D-Bearts, September 22 (7pm). More: Crush page. * More:
www.biartsfestival.com.

DIY

* New features of the Transnational Queer Underground site are Events, Multipliers, Skill
Sharing and Calls pages. Especially the skill sharing page seems be very popular and
attracts global (!) attention. Check: The Props List on TQU.

News Alia

* DVERSA 2017, expressoes de géneros, identidados & orientaçoes. 2nd

biennale of Diversity presenting art exploring gender and sexual diversity in
contemporary Brasil. A juried group show presenting works in all disciplines by
some twenty emerging and experienced artists. Among them Rafael Roncato –
showing works from his Adagio project portraying cartoon artist, playwright
and queer activist Laerte Coutinho, aka Adagio. He recently donated several
works from this project to the Schwules Museum in Berlin. In Sao Paulo till
September 30. More: www.mds.org.br. (pic: detail poster).

Pride-Alia

* The Melbourne Fringe Festival September 14-October 1. * And how about

that? They provide us with special guides! One Feminist Guide and even a
Queer Guide to a festival of “glorious celebrations of major queer icons, radical
status-quo-challenging live art, intoxicatingly mad physical comedy and
everything in between. Unleash the rainbow.” * More:
www.melbournefringe.com.au. (pic: Adam Ibrahim - How to Kill the Queen of Pop.
Courtesy: Midsumma) # No such luck at Sydney Fringe September 1-30. But what
about the Sydney Teapot Show curated by our Kerrie Low Gallery presenting
an array of international ceramics artists? A International Trans* Film festival –September 30-? The
Stencil Art Prize with an enormous show of international street art? The 4th Women Media Arts
Festival? A Glamdrogynous Freak Show at the Oysterclub. And how about having your transformative
experience recorded in a pop up photo booth a the Shawn McGrath Wigs Exhibition? * More:
www.sydneyfringe.com. # Darwin Pride Festival September 21-October 1. Parade September 23. *
Love. Portraits by Darwin artist, graphic designer and photographer Therese Ritchie. Opening
September 28 (6pm) till October 7. More: www.nccart.com.au and www.thereseritchie.com. * More:
www.darwinpride.com.au.

Qrowdfunding

* After a successful crowdfunding exercise

photographer Bernice Siewe and Emma van Zalinge will
be launching their book We Are Family –with stories
and pics about lgbt families and their children- in
Amsterdam September 8 (6pm). Preorder $ 25, after
the launch € 29,95. More: gayfamiliesbook site. And
also check the pleasant interview with both of them in
Gay News # 313 www.gaynews.nl (in Dutch and
English). * Another successful crowdfunded project is the limited edition of Parallel Universe. More
than £ 8k were raised to produce this book of photography and artwork. Photographer Holly Revell
documented avant-garde queer performer David Hoyle’s career of “bringing his message on the
trouble with gender and other political issues” to the British public. Together they produced this
book that includes original artwork by drag icon artist David Hoyle. Due in September. Check the
outrageously illustrated Kickstarterpage. # Last months campaigns. * Emmett Stoffers easily raised
the $ 500 to boost his Queerly Crafted shop for trans and kinky art. Check the interview with
ourqueerart.com. * With only a week or so left to raise $ 1,5k to realize two art projects in Europe
this Fall, SA artist Wilhelm Vincent has regrettably withdrawn his call and refunded all. # New calls. *
Dear Shirley is an interesting project of historiography of our age. A history of married life of many
women: married to a man and experiencing the liberation of a divorce, married to a woman and a
second divorce this time a failure. Photojournalist, teacher Hinda Schuman wants to produce a book
using images from her life and autobiographical texts to tell herstory… She’s raising $ 22,5k and the
book is due to be published by Daylight Books in 2018. After only a few weeks she’s already at 30%
of her target so the project must appeal to many. Check her site (www.hindaschuman.net) and her
call for contributions. * Our Jan Hoek is working with East African fellow-photographers based in
Kenya and local photography students on a book portraying the famous Masaai people through
African eyes as they navigate a strongly traditional culture in a globalised modernity. An
intersectional approach including visions of gender and sexual diversity. For the production of the
book My Masaai he is raising € 3200. Check: Voordekunst. * And with a forth night on the clock the
Pomada Queer Festival in Warsaw is looking for another € 4,5k to produce this year’s edition of the
arts and activists festival Sex, Lies and Videotapes. Will include a presentation of Carlos Motta’s
video’s (see above). More: www.pomadapomada.pl and of course Indiegogo.

Helm de Laat, 30 Augustus 2017