(un)it: HD85828 | in.ViSiBLE by Ming Poon

 

graphic designed by Muhammad Izdi.

Performance by Ming Poon which we covered before, happened on 5 and 6 April 2013 at the Substation Theatre.

Facebook page here.

Previous entry of this work here.

Marriage Equality

It’s been close to a year when Google launched Legalized Love campaign in support of LGBT rights and marriage equality, which you can recap here.

For the past few weeks, you might have noticed the trend of a new profile picture in Facebook. Yeap, lime green square in support of vfx companies is so last season, because the light red equal sign on a bright red background image is now the new kid on the block!

‘Honey Sex’

The Israeli Health Ministry is cautioning citizens against a new erotic stimulant known as “Honey Sex.”

?? More about it here.

INTER-VIEWS by Photovoice SG

 

INTER-VIEWS is a collection of visual stories that offers an intimate look into the lives of people who may not be as understood or visible in our society. Told from a first person point of view, this exhibition features photographs taken by communities that Photovoice SG has worked with, including youth on the autism spectrum, the children of ex-inmates, young adults who have experienced psychosis, and persons with HIV/AIDS. These are views from the inside that bring to light the hopes and concerns of persons who need to be more clearly seen and heard, and whose voices count as much in our land of stories.

Check out the event page at the National Museum of Singapore here.

About Photovoice here.

SUPERMARKET 2013 day4 : SECRET LOVE and Burning Beauty

Secret Love, an exhibition of chinese artists presenting works that deal with gender, sexuality and LGBT issues. The exhibition was held in  Ostasiatiska Museum in Stockholm and curated by Si Han, a chinese curator residing in Stockholm.

 

The exhibition presented works by 27 Chinese artists who are:

Cheng Juanzi and Song Jianing
Chi Peng
Cui Zi’en
Fan Popo
Gao Brothers
Gao Yuan
Han Meichao
Jiang Qigu
Li Guangxin
Li Xiaofeng
Li Yongfei
Lin Jinfu
Lin Zhipeng
Ma Liuming
Mu Xi
Qiu Jiongjiong
Ren Hang
Shi Tou
Wang Zi
Wei Jiangang
Xie Qi
Xiyadie
Yang Guowei
Zhang Yuan
Zheng Bo

Check out some images here and here.

A promotional video of the exhibition:

Uploaded by Youtube user, ostasiatiska

Do like Ostasiatiska Museet facebook page here.

Lastly, a video from ArtsFreedom with Si Han giving a short presentation about The Invisible Red Line: Manoeuvring Chinese Art Censorship here:

Uploaded by Youtube user, artsfreedom

 

Burning Beauty is a retrospective of David laChapelle’s works in his 30 years of career. The exhibition presented laChapelle’s iconic celebrity shots, gigantic photo collages, fils and music videos.

The great thing about the show is that works which are rarely seen of laChapelle were part of the show which include huge photo collages. New works were also part of the giant showcase which occupies all two levels of Fotografiska. More about the exhibition here.

SUPERMARKET 2013 day3: OPEN

OPEN: an open air instant exhibition

orchestrated by ART:UP, a Swedish queer gallery by Elinore Linden Strand. Our dear friend from Stockholm prepared an impromp-tu public queer exhibition involving Elinore herself, the two artists from RAP, Frida Isotalo and John Erlandsson.

It was in public, like public art. Basically Elinore decided to attack a popular space (not in winter though) for artists to ‘vandal’. It was a huge cement walls, or foot of a bridge that is usually used for graffiti in Hornstull area. Instead of spray paints on the wall though, we installed paintings, objects, photographs and performance.

Check out the OPEN facebook event page here. More photos here. And like ART:UP facebook page here!

Elinore recently told us that the wall has become increasingly popular for street queer artists to just put up their works. Amazing! Thank you!

The Two Phases of Independent Art Space Development in Hong Kong by CHEUNG Mei

Not exactly queer but something we as independent art initiative, which is looking for a space, or working towards having a space should consider. May be useful for you too. Check it out here.

HIV in-home test ‘OraQuick’ will have little effect in LGBT community

 

What do you think? Here.

Privacy, Sexuality and Museum Politics at the Jewish Museum

Last month the Jewish Museum removed San Francisco artist Marc Adelman’s controversial photo installation “Stelen (Columns)“ (2007–11) from its exhibition Composed: Identity, Politics, Sex. Adelman’s piece, which is part of the Jewish Museum’s collection, consists of 150 profile pictures found on the German gay dating site GayRomeo.com taken at Peter Eisenman’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.

Posted on 25 June 2012.

An article by Emily Colucci here.

Eric Ducharme, the merman

 

A merman? Check it out here. Gif image above is also taken from the link.

Anyway, he is awesome, super.