Date/Time
Date(s) - 20th Oct 2023
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location
TOM House

Categories

• Foundation Events

7:30p – Doors open
8:10p – Rough scene from Jamison Karon’s House of Leather
8:20p – First screening
9:00p – Second Screening
9:30p – Talk + Q&A

GET TICKETS – SOLD OUT

Still from Patpong Narcissus

Patpong Narcissus is an erotic visual poem. Based on James Bidgood’s Pink Narcissus, this experimental film blends together haunting historical narrative and COVID-19 era reality of Bangkok’s infamous red light district. It follows the daydream of a beautiful boy prostitute who conceives a series of interlinked fantasies populated by ghosts from the Cold war.

This film invites the audience to contemplate on the multilayered construct of Southeast Asian/Thai Gay men’s identity and desire, particularly the influence from the the Americans’ Patpong infiltration during 1960s-’80s.

The world-premiere screening includes a talk with artist and creator Oat Montien and Lissa Rivera discussing the legacy of James Bidgood and will be followed by a Q&A. 

Audience members are welcome to stay until 10p and socialize with drinks by donation at the bar.