Kink Out is a bi-coastal collective that unites people of diverse identities with lived experience in BDSM culture through art, activism, community organizing, and conversation. With KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, a month-long residency, the collective transforms MOCA’s WAREHOUSE into an active archive for those who live and love differently. Drawing on physical and oral histories the residency brings together The Carter/Johnson Library and Collection, a collective history of the communities who have chosen to live and love differently and features over 15,000 books (both fiction and non-fiction), periodicals, posters and other art, newsletters, and ephemera documenting the history of SM/Leather/Kink from early drawings documenting human sexuality to the present day. As the only library of its kind, it is our responsibility to let these communities know that their history is rich and long. The Library is designed to let people see it, hold it, read it, and know it.
KINK OUT: EPHEMERA is co-organized with kd diamond and Daphne aka EthicalDrvgs in collaboration with The Carter/Johnson Library and Collection. As part of the 
ongoing residency, artists and practitioners will lead an introductory BDSM workshop featuring tasters of bootblacking by kd diamond, impact play with Goddess Yuki, and rope demonstrations with Jupiter.
They turned up the heat at WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for KINK OUT: EPHEMERA and there are only a few days left—explore this one-of-a-kind library through September 30!
The @cj_library has given the warehouse a scintillating makeover for KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, turning it into a radical library filled with an extensive historical collection of books, magazines, and ephemera exploring human sexuality.
The month-long residency, KINK OUT: EPHEMERA closes on September 30th with an afternoon of history, engagement, music, and performances fueled with food and drinks. The day focuses on an intergenerational panel addressing the history of sex work and leather activism and its relationship with contemporary art and culture. The panel is moderated by Chanelle Gallant and features Viola Johnson, Valeria Atreides, Jill Carter, Domino Presley, and Empress Wu. Music will be provided by DJ Star and EthicalDrvgs with live performances by the all Trans cabaret, BABiEDOllZ.
https://www.moca.org/program/kink-out-ephemera
Labels: 2023, Kink Out Emphera, LA, The Geffen Contemporary
