Queer art club
Kriterion,
Roetersstraat 170,
Amsterdam
Something new, something cool! We're collabing with @kriterionamsterdam for Pride Month! On Sunday the 22nd we’re doing Queer Art Club AND we're watching a movie in their gorgeous theater together! That’s June 22nd, from 3:40 pm to 6:30 pm. Have a relaxed and artsy time with us & bring all your queer friends (or make some new ones)! 🎨🌈
The movie: Looking for Langston (1989)
A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually.
Queer Art Club basics:
* bring your own art project/supplies
* all levels and art forms are welcome
* queers only (you know who you are)
* registration for the movie is required, link in bio
Kriterion is a wheelchair accessible space.