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THE FACE MAGAZINE ; CULTURE SHIFT a major retrospective at The National Portrait Gallery , London
London’s National Portrait Gallery takes an intense step back in time this month with the launch of The Face Magazine: Culture Shift, a retrospective of the mass of iconic imagery published by the style bible during its 24-year reign beginning in 1980. Created by Nick Logan, who had previously reinvented the NME and…
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Canadian TV series GET HOOKED from OUTtv ‘is not your dad’s fishing show
The byline for this new Canadian TV series GET HOOKED is ‘its not your dad’s fishing show‘ and it very bravely suggests that its for so many other people, even queer ones that are the ‘stars’ of the series. Each of the six episodes starts with the same introduction We are four best friends who…
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PLEASE HOLD : a Video by Alexandra Juhasz : how do mourning and memory change across time and tech for people with AIDS
This experimental video by Alexandra Juhasz does not make for easy viewing. Especially for those of us of a certain age who somehow survived the AIDS pandemic whilst our loved ones didnt. AIDS may have peaked some 30 years up until the arrival of protese inhibitors in 1996 which removed the automatic death sentence for…
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Russell Tovey curates PETER BERLIN ; PERMISSION TO STARE @ Mariposa Gallery , LA
Peter Berlin is a German-American photographer and pioneer queer filmmaker whose two films, helped bring gay male erotic films artistic legitimacy. He was also an artist, filmmaker, clothing designer/sewer, and model In his early 20s, he worked as a photographer for an interview program on German television, photographing some of Europe’s celebrities and film stars,…
