Memorialize: arts calendar 25th-31st May

Artists of all concerns memorialize and celebrate the things in life that bring them joy, life, and irrational exuberance—from paintings with soulful sweetness to the immersive energy of dance floor culture, paying creativity forward, lighting up the dark places, making it work against all odds, the sustaining power of natural elements, the quirks of city living, the intimacies and subtle magic that make hard times bearable, honoring a titan of socially engaged post-Pop, getting your hands dirty, and grabbing your friends and taking over a building with a one-night performance art invasion.

ANTONI HERVÁS The Awakening

Wednesday 31st May

Bijou (1972) at Human Resources Los Angeles. HRLA’s Wednesday Night Screenings series features a selection by curator Clara López Menéndez—Bijou, the film. The screening takes place inside Barcelona-based artist Antoni Hervás’ immersive installation The Awakening— a project branching from the artist’s residency in L.A. at Tom of Finland Foundation, where they’ve been researching the beginnings of leather culture. Interested in the murky origins of these aesthetics and performative codes of Queer/Gay life, Hervás has been looking into the history of this community in Southern California.

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Published: 31st May 2023

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