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A Queer Arts Festival in the Southbay
body commodities/queer
packaging
sexualized identity in popular media:
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual... queer
a visual arts exhibition
featuring over 50 national artists
at works/san josé
june 10 through july 10, 2004
opening reception:
friday, june 11, 7 to 9pm
gallery hours:
tuesday through saturday, noon to 4
artists
west:
david allen burns
teri claude dowling
hannah hammond-hagman
david king
koak
elizabeth stephens
curator: gregory youmans
southwest:
ed check
leta evaskus
jesse pearson
jules rochon
curator: leta evaskus
midwest:
jessica bader
clare charles cornell
taliaferro logan
aaron taber
chris walla
curator: clare charles cornell
east:
gideon boaz
robert boyd
chris clary
amber davis
eric davis
william donovan
dyke action machine! (carrie moyer, sue schaffner)
carl james ferrero
jehanne-marie gavarini
ivana george
gillie holme
gin louie
maria lupo
trish masterson
mckenna hynes (susan mckenna, elizabeth hynes)
ronald b. monroe
barbara nitke
mariette pathy allen
ben rinehart
steven rushefsky
nelson santos
sam tan
steed taylor
athena waligore
stephen white
sam wilson
david wojnarowicz
curator: david p. duckworth
southeast:
sarah harbin
curator: sheila a. malone
videos by
stacy asher
victor barbieri
robert boyd
rodney buxton
martin dust
tara mateik
ann p. meredith
elizabeth rosenfeld
glenn webb
vagner mendonca
performers:
christopher k. morgan
tim’m t. west
at works/san josé, 30
north 3rd street
408.295.8378
www.workssanjose.org
thursday, june 10, 7pm
queer excess in an american garden of earthly delights:
an evening with author david duckworth with refreshments at works, free
cultural figures from the 1940s to the present reveal a continuum of fascination
with queer excess. using “garden of delights” by hieronymous
bosch as model, the author explores consumerist culture as a garden in
which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered persons appear as representations
of fantastic creatures. the author argues that queer visibility should
not be measured politically in terms of human progress, but rather questioned
for its uses in cultural production.
friday, june 11,
7 to 9pm
exhibition opening reception at works, free
saturday, june 19,
1 to 3pm, and 3 to 5pm
free workshops at works: make art now—hands-on workshops in printmaking,
and photography/self-portraiture
at the billy defrank community
center, 938 the alameda, san josé
http://www.defrank.org
friday, june 18, 7:30pm
video shorts by ten national artists at the billy defrank center:
stacy asher, erotic ham experience; dot man
victor barbieri, boy with a ball
robert boyd, the virgin collection
rodney buxton, when...
martin dust, verify your identity
tara mateik, operation invert
ann p. meredith, strap ‘em down
elizabeth rosenfeld, heart
glenn webb, you are connected
vagner mendonca whitehead, other histories; happy xmas
video curator: sheila a. malone
suggested donation $5 to $10, no one turned away
saturday, june 19,
7pm
mainstream queer: lecture and discussion with greg youmans with refreshments
at the billy defrank center, free queer characters, plotlines, and cultural
productions are popping up everywhere, from television and film to magazines
and popular fiction, as well as news media. looking at recent representations
of deviant sexualities in american mass media, youmans asks: is rising
mainstream queer presence a destabilizing threat to straight dominance,
or are we moving toward a peaceful coexistence of the straight and the
queer? has queer culture been co-opted by straight culture? what political
investments do we have in mainstream queer visibility, and in oppositional
queer cultural practices?
friday, july 9, 8:30pm
the measure of man: a new dance theater piece by christopher k. morgan
with original music by monstah black at the billy defrank center
suggested donation $10 to $20, no one turned away
in this dance theater piece which incorporates original text, music, and
choreography, morgan portrays a series of stereotyped men, questioning
and ultimately uncovering what it means to be a man in contemporary society.
based in new york city, christopher k. morgan works worldwide as a dancer,
teacher, and choreographer.
saturday, july 10,
7pm
an evening of spoken word, hip-hop, and other musings by tim’m west
at the billy defrank center
suggested donation $5 to $10, no one turned away
tim’m t. west, poet, emcee, educator, and activist is a founding
member of the bay area based rap group deep dickollective. in 2003 he
published his first book, “red dirt revival: a poetic memoir in
6 breaths” which is still receiving critical review in the wake
of “songs from red dirt” (cellular records, june 2004), the
musical complement to his book. the embodiment of intersections between
african-american and queer communities, west celebrates the awareness
gained from his rural arkansas upbringing and his development as an artist
in new york and the bay area.
works/san josé
451 south 1st street • san josé,
california 95112• 408.286.6800
hours: t,w,f,sat 12pm - 4pm and th 12pm - 7pm
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