The Bitter Tears of South Florida Queers

A one-night, multidisciplinary celebration of queer cinema, design, and performance. Hosted by Flaming Classics, the evening commences with a 50th anniversary screening of The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, which remains a touchstone of queer cinema. A fashion show inspired by the film and its characters will follow, spotlighting garments created by local queer designers and modeled by local drag artists.

Guerrillera

A short film about a sex worker whose child is taken from her due to a false accusation and the case worker assigned to them. In collaboration with sex workers and using elements of surrealism, Guerrillera is an overdue positive representation of sex work and motherhood.

artDeli

At the center of an immersive deli environment with food-themed wallpaper, deli posters, butcher paper, and more, artworks are displayed in a deli case and sold in increments, cut by a band saw, paper slicer, hammer, scissors, blender, or other tools. Using performativity, chance, and humor, artDeli shifts the commodity of art collecting out of the gallery and into a context more familiar and accessible to a general audience.

island bound: an exercise in decolonizing drag

A collaborative performance project by artists KUNST (Julian Montalvo) and Lolita Cabrón (Fredo Rivera) exploring decoloniality in a specifically Puerto Rican context. Drawing from historical archives, cartography, the built environment, soundscapes, and contemporary visual cultures of the “postcolonial colony,” the durational performance, which uses sculptural installation to visualize Puerto Rico and its diasporas, will provide an intimate and dramatic rendering of queer resistance in relation to coloniality.

Finding Sue

This experimental short documentary aims to use archive images and footage to tell the story of finding and meeting Price II’s grandmother Susana White, his father’s long-lost mother, after 53 years. This story of perseverance and love is meant to propel folks to continue searching. This project also shines a light on the many stories from black, indigenous and people of color that are missing and how family agencies are failing to provide information to help uphold these histories so that loved ones can continue to search.

Fabrication of Fatherhood

An intimate study of the myths, stereotypes, perceptions, and truths of fatherhood in the Black community. Beginning with conversations about the role fathers have played in their lives, collaborators will be invited to offer materials connected to their memories or thoughts on fatherhood. They will then participate in a photography session guided by the conversation to capture how Black fatherhood feels to them. The photographs and materials will be shared in a space created by a father for fathers.