Join Jenna Peng and Elina Zhang of Anti-Ante-Auntie Seminar and Dade Lemanski of SINKHOLE / GLORYHOLE in an activation of When the Lights Come On: Queer Nightlife as Emergent Space. This is a “writing” “workshop.”

Keywords/phrases: voids, forgetting, language outside language, wordless place, eyeball palace, seeing things disappear, emergence, after, playback as endurance, as performance, mirror ball, I’m every woman, is the rectum a grave, the middle of nowhere, a hole where a hole should be, “anything is possible,” crying in the club, rhythm is a dancer, portals.

Registration available on a sliding scale from $0-$20. Workshop is capped at 21 people. BIPOC and Queer/Trans folks prioritized. Open to all disciplines and experience levels. Submit your application by March 9th: https://forms.gle/uhapkJvQBuq9Ep267

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

When the Lights Come On, Curated by Hannah Turpin, brings together local, national, and international artists reflecting on their experiences of queer nightlife. The exhibition looks at these gatherings as sites of communal adaptation and resilience, amplifying how radical love and pleasure are necessary for imagining a more liberated future. The exhibition features artists working across various materials, including textiles, projection, drawing, printmaking, and photography. Exhibited artists include Harrison Apple, Théo Bignon, Clint Fisher, ggggrimes, Jules Malice, Amanda Pickler, Nica Ross, Janie Stamm, Mary Tremonte, True T Pittsburgh, Jimmy Wright, and sarah huny young.