Bernice Mulenga, Amelia Abraham & Gem Fletcher: 'Sex, Clubs, Dissent' [Talk]

Gem Fletcher speaks with artist Bernice Mulenga and author Amelia Abraham about the ways in which photography intersects with pleasure, politics, and protest in queer nightlife. The talk will explore the connections between #friendsonfilm, Bernice’s ten year project documenting the people who shape contemporary LGBTQ+ BIPOC dancefloors and Amelia’s latest book Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife which charts an expansive visual history of queer nightlife. Together they will discuss the ways in which queer artists, past and present, have been informed by the dancefloor and used it to dream new modes of being into existence.

TICKETS

Saturday 16 May
11:00

Studio 1, Sunset Studios Unit B2.1
2nd Floor, RED STAIRS
Bussey Building
133 Copeland Road
London, SE15 3SN
United Kingdom

More about Sex, Clubs, Dissent

Edited by Amelia Abraham, the book traces an expansive visual history of queer nightlife through photography, film and art. It considers how image-making has impacted the formation of queer practices, subcultures and resistance, asking what our enduring impulse to document nightlife reveals about pleasure, protest and politics. 

Can't make it? Order the book here. 

Image Credit: Bernice Mulenga, Priince & Majeesty, 2021