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Ron Athey
Ron Athey (born December 16, 1961) is an American performance artist associated with body art and with extreme performance art. He has performed in the U.S. and internationally (especially in the UK and Europe). Athey's work explores challenging subjects like the relationships between desire, sexuality and traumatic experience. Many of his works include aspects of sadomasochism, S&M in order to confront preconceived ideas about the body in relation to masculinity and religious iconography. Kateri Butler, "Ron Athey: In Extremis and In My Life," ''Los Angeles Times'' 28 January 2007 Life and work Ron Athey's earliest work dates back to collaborations with Rozz Williams during the early 1980s. Athey and Williams performed as Premature Ejaculation (band), Premature Ejaculation, staging action ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groton, Connecticut
Groton ( ) is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States, located on the Thames River (Connecticut), Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. The Naval Submarine Base New London is located in Groton, and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is also a major employer. Avery Point in Groton is home to a regional campus of the University of Connecticut#Avery Point campus, University of Connecticut. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 38,411 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Groton was established in 1705 when it separated from New London, Connecticut, New London. The town was named after Groton, Suffolk in England. A hundred years before it was established, the Niantic people settled in the area between the Thames River (Connecticut), Thames River an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a movement within the broader Evangelical wing of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through Baptism with the Holy Spirit#Classical Pentecostalism, baptism with the Holy Spirit. The term ''Pentecostal'' is derived from Pentecost, an event that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit in Christianity, Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the New Testament, Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period, Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). Like other forms of Evangelicalism, evangelical Protestantism, Pentecostalism adheres to the Biblical inerrancy, inerrancy of the Bible and the necessity of the Born again#Pentecostalism, New Birth: an individual Repentance (Christianity), repenting of their sin and "accepting Jesus Christ as their personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Tolentino
Julie Tolentino is a visual and performance artist, dancer, and choreographer. Her work is influenced from an array of visual, archival, and movement strategies. Life Tolentino was born in San Francisco to a Filipino/Salvadoran family. She began formal dance training in ballet, modern, jazz and Contemporary dance, as well as Afro-Haitian and Flamenco. In 1980s, Tolentino moved to New York where she lived for twenty-five years, she then moved to the Mohave Desert and created an off-grid house/studio. Work Tolentino was a member of the activist group ACT UP and appeared in the 1989 "Kissing Doesn’t Kill: Greed and Indifference Do" campaign with Lola Flash by the AIDS awareness artist-activist collective Gran Fury. Tolentino posed with Madonna in a series of homo-erotic photos in the book, ''SEX'', and was a featured artist for an artist book by Rodarte photographed by Catherine Opie. From 1990–1999, Tolentino regularly danced in David Roussève's Dance Theatre Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franko B
Franko B (born 1960 in Milan) is an Italian performance artist based in London, where he has lived since 1979. He studied fine art at Camberwell College of Arts (1986–87), Chelsea College of Art (1987–90) and the Byam Shaw School of Art (1990–91). His work was originally based on the bloody and ritualised violation of his own body. Later on he embraced a wide variety of media including video, photography, painting, installation, and sculpture. He performed at the ICA, London in 1996 and 2008, the South London Gallery in 1999 and 2004, the Centre of Attention in 2000, Tate Modern in 2002, the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham in 2005, Arnolfini, Bristol in 2007, The Bluecoat Centre, Liverpool in 2008, CENDEAC, Murcia, Spain in 2007 and The Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland in 2005. He has exhibited work internationally in Zagreb, Mexico City, Milan, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels, Warsaw, Dublin and Siena. From 2009 to 2016 he taught sculpture at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Bataille
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 8 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and Transgressive fiction, transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including post-structuralism. Early life Georges Bataille was the son of Joseph-Aristide Bataille (b. 1851), a tax collector (later to go blind and be paralysed by neurosyphilis), and Antoinette-Aglaë Tournarde (b. 1865). Born on 10 September 1897 in Billom in the region of Auvergne (province), Auvergne, his family moved to Reims in 1898, where he was baptized. He went to school in Reims and then Épernay. Although brought up without religious observance, he converted to Catholicism in 1914, and became a devout Catholic for about nine years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Meadmore
Glen Meadmore is a Canadian musician, actor, and performance artist currently residing in Los Angeles, United States. His music is often described as Cowpunk. Biography Glen Meadmore was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. As a teenager, Meadmore played bass and sang with Winnipeg punk band The Psychiatrists. He later became involved in performance art, and appeared on local community television on his own cable show. Meadmore is 6'8" tall. Meadmore moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s. He continued to work as a performance artist, appearing at the nightclub the Anti-Club where he became renowned for his outrageous performances. During this time, he met African American queer political performance artist Vaginal Davis and the two formed the band Pedro, Muriel and Esther, also known as PME, one of the earliest queer punk bands. Both Meadmore and "Vag" performed with the band in drag. Meadmore also used his drag persona for underground films he was making with director Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selene Luna
Selene Luna (born September 19, 1971, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican-American actress, comedian, burlesque performer, and model known for her roles on comedian Margaret Cho's reality TV series '' The Cho Show'' and in such films as ''My Bloody Valentine 3D''. She also performed with the burlesque troupe ''Velvet Hammer Burlesque'' and is the creator of her own one woman show entitled ''I Don't Care Anymore''. She appeared on the cover for the Dwarves 2001 album '' How to Win Friends and Influence People''. Filmography * '' Huluween Dragstravaganza'' (2022) * ''Coco'' (2017) *'' Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver'' (2011) *'' Demonic Toys 2'' (2010) *''Star-ving'' (2009) *''My Bloody Valentine 3D'' (2009) *''Celebrity Family Feud'' (2008) *'' The Cho Show'' (2008) *''Firecracker A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JD Samson
Jocelyn Rachel Samson (born August 4, 1978), known professionally as JD Samson, is an American musician, producer, songwriter and DJ best known as a member of the bands Le Tigre and MEN. Background Born on August 4, 1978, Samson grew up in Pepper Pike, Ohio, and attended Orange High School. Samson came out as a lesbian at age 15 and is well known for her support of both LGBT and feminist causes. In high school, Samson played field hockey and was involved in her school's gay-straight alliance. Samson graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2000, with a degree in film. While at school, Samson held jobs as a manager of a coffee shop, a campus tour guide, and as a research assistant for their queer-theory professor. Additionally, she co-produced and directed the Sarah Lawrence College Film and Video Festival while at school. Career Le Tigre Samson joined Le Tigre in 2000 when co-founder Sadie Benning left the band before the album '' Feminist Sweepstakes'' was recorded. Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Mullen
Brendan Mullen (October 9, 1949 – October 12, 2009) was a Scottish nightclub owner, music promoter and writer, best known for founding the Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque. Through Mullen's support at various nightclubs in California, the scene gave birth to such bands as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Go-Go's, X, The Weirdos and the Germs. Early life Mullen was born in Paisley, Scotland, and moved to Stockport near Manchester, England, when he was eight years old. He spent his early teen years writing for various British music magazines. He also worked as a local newspaper journalist at the ''Barnet Press'' in the London Borough of Barnet from 1972 to 1973. Move to the United States In 1973, Mullen moved to the United States, where he resided for the remainder of his life. His family, father, mother, sister and brother remained in the Stockport area. Brendan maintained close links with his family periodically visiting his old home town of Stockport. On one occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slava Mogutin
Slava Mogutin (full name Yaroslav Yurievich Mogutin, b. April 12, 1974, Kemerovo) is a New York-based Russian artist and author, who works across different media, including photography, video, text, installation, sculpture, and painting. Life in Russia Born in Siberia, in the industrial city of Kemerovo, Mogutin moved to Moscow as a teenager to separate himself from the elders. He soon began working as a journalist for the first independent Russian publishers, newspapers and radio stations. At the age of 21, Mogutin had gained both critical acclaim and official condemnation for his outspoken queer writings and activism. Accused of "open and deliberate contempt for generally accepted moral norms"; "malicious hooliganism with exceptional cynicism and extreme insolence"; "inflaming social, national, and religious division"; "propaganda of brutal violence, psychic pathology, and sexual perversions" – he came under harassment and a continuous criminal investigation. The situation e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce LaBruce
Bruce LaBruce (born January 3, 1964) is a Canadian artist, writer, filmmaker, photographer, and underground director based in Toronto. Life and career LaBruce was born in Tiverton, Ontario. He has claimed both Justin Stewart and Bryan Bruce as his birth name in different sources. He studied film at York University in Toronto and wrote for '' Cineaction'' magazine, curated by Robin Wood, his teacher. He first gained public attention with the publication of the queer punk zine '' J.D.s'', which he co-edited with G.B. Jones. He has written and photographed for a variety of publications including ''Vice'', the former Nerve.com and '' BlackBook Magazine'', and has been a columnist for the Canadian music magazine ''Exclaim!'' and Toronto's '' Eye Weekly'', as well as a contributing editor and photographer for New York's ''Index Magazine''. He has also been published in '' Toronto Life'', the ''National Post'' and ''The Guardian''. His movie, '' Otto; or Up with Dead People'' d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outfest
Outfest is an LGBTQ-oriented nonprofit that produces two film festivals, operates a movie streaming platform, and runs educational services for filmmakers in Los Angeles. Outfest is one of the key partners, alongside the Frameline Film Festival, the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival, in launching the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film. History In 1979, John Ramirez and Stuart Timmons, two students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), founded a gay film festival on campus. By 1982, it had become known as the "Gay and Lesbian Media Festival and Conference." The name was changed to Outfest in 1994. In 1996 Outfest began a relationship with Sundance, another film festival. 2004 Was the first year the idea of a queer film festival curating around people of color came about. Outfests then executive Stephen Gutwilig and Kirsten Scha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
