April 7, 2006

We have all, already missed the lecture, but not the opening.

Come drink wine and eat cheese on little sticks with all the homos I went to A-school with.

Friday 5:00pm La Centrale.

Queer Covers: Big Mama Thornton, Lesbians on
Ecstasy and the Recycling of Political Culture"

A Lecture by Judith Halberstam,
USC, English and Gender Studies

Thursday, April 6th, 6pm

Leacock 132, McGill University
(855 Sherbrooke West)

PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES
La Centrale Powerhouse Gallery (4296 Blv. St. Laurent)

FRIDAY APRIL 7TH
*Opening at 5pm
*Performances and Film/Video screening at 7pm
*After Party (at ZOOBIZARRE - 6388 St. Hubert) at 11pm

SATURDAY APRIL 8TH
*Panel discussion on queer art/cuture moderated by
Judith "Jack" Halberstam at 3pm

QPIRG McGill, Queer McGill and the Queer Bookfair
are proud to present a lecture by Judith "Jack"
Halberstam at McGill University, and a multimedia
queer art exhibition at La Centrale Powerhouse
Gallery.

Halberstam will be giving a lecture entitled
"Queer Covers: Big Mama Thornton, Lesbians On
Ecstasy and the Recycling of Political Culture" on
April 6th in Leacock 132, and will be
facilitating a panel discussion on April 8 th as
part of an interdisciplinary multimedia exhibition
entitled PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES at La
Centrale Powerhouse Gallery. This exhibition
includes art works from over 30 contemporary and
emerging queer artists, as well as performances,
film screenings and much more.

ABOUT JUDITH HALBERSTAM:

Judith Halberstam is a professor of English and
the director of the Center for Feminist Research
at USC and is currently a scholar in residence at
Harvard University's Gender Studies program.
Halberstam is a renowned scholar in the fields of
gender and queer theory and cultural studies.
She is the author of several books including
Female Masculinity , The Drag King Book and In a
Queer Time and Place.

ABOUT PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES:

In the past decade, a new movement of queer
cultural production has solidified a space for
itself in the independent art world. This
movement borrows from the history of queer art,
while creating its own language of imagery.
Influenced by punk rock and DIY culture, the
aesthetic of queer cultural producers has been
decidedly political and has maintained a critical
stance towards mainstream Gay and Lesbian
identity. PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES is a
multimedia exhibition of queer art works from
across North America. The show will feature the
works of over 30 contemporary and emerging queer
artists and activists. There will be several
components to the exhibit:

- A poster art show featuring queer posters and prints
- A zine display
- A collection of queer video and film works
-WHEN QUEERS WERE QUEERS, a button and patch
making station
- A special appearance by Lesbians on Ecstacy
- A discussion about queer cultural production
lead by Judith "Jack" Halberstam and featuring
participating artists

- An after-party at ZOO BIZARRE 6388 St-Hubert
(corner of Beaubien and St-Hubert) featuring dj
Will Munro and the Asspirates taking on Flaky
Disco residents Why Alex, Why? and We are Ortiz.

Participants:

Aisha Burnes
Ass Pirates
Cambell
Coral Short
Courtney Dailey
Damanda Jirkhoff
David Toro
Daniel Barrow
Dean Spade
Emily Roysdon
Helen Reed
Hey Willpower
Hidden Cameras
Jen Kovach
Jen Smith
JD
JJ Chinois
Kate Sorensen
Keri Oakie
Lauren Jade Martin
Mariev Robitaille
Maureen Grant
Leila Pourtavaf
Lesbians On Ecstasy
Les Pantheres Roses
Limp Fist
Logan Macdonald
Louis Jacob
LTTR
Onya Hogan-Finlay
Pilot TV Collective
The Third Leg
The Lost and Found Box
Sara Thustra
Samara Halperin
Will Munro
Zac Posse

And many more!!!

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