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Launch: Viscose ISSUE 4: TRANS

Interdisciplinary

A launch of a collaborative journal project with Viscose Journal with live DJ set.

Schedule

12:30 AM

onwards

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Location

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

26 Wooster Street, New York, NY, USA

Access Type

Description

4 hrs

Free

Free with Registration

About The Event

On the evening of March 11th, the Museum will be launching a collaborative print journal project with Viscose Journal. This special issue of Viscose, which is also the 70th issue of the Museum's print journal, The Archive, critically explores the numerous relationships between transness and fashion. Co-edited with scholars Alex Esculapio and Che Gossett, we will launch the Issue with a discussion and a reception at the Museum, followed by a DJ set by DOLLNXTDOOR .

Join us March 11⋅7:30 – 10pm with:

Jeppe Ugelvig, Founding editor-in-chief, Viscose

Jades Heron, Research Assistant, Digital Transgender Archive

Rissa Hochberger, Art director

McKenzie Wark, Writer

With a live DJ set by poet, provocateur, performer and DJ DOLLNXTDOOR

Convo from 7:30-8:30

DJ from 8:30 – 10:00pm

About The Organizer

The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (LLMA) is the only art museum in the world dedicated to artistic exploration through multi-faceted queer perspectives. With a collection that includes over 25,000 objects spanning three centuries of queer art, LLMA embraces the power of the arts to inspire, explore, and foster understanding of the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ experiences.

The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art is supported by transformational funding from the Mellon Foundation, in addition to generous funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council. Innovative programmatic support is provided by the Achilles Family Fund; Booth Ferris Foundation; Keith Haring Foundation; and the Henry Luce Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Individual support is proudly provided by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art's Board of Trustees and Global Ambassadors.

Please Note

Light refreshments will be offered. This is a mask-optional gathering. Guests are welcomed to wear masks, and masks will be available at the museum front desk. We may provide additional instructions ahead of the event for registered guests.

Leslie-Lohman Museum strives to provide a welcoming environment to all visitors. External steps lead to our entrance doors: a wheelchair lift is available. All galleries are wheelchair-accessible, and a single-occupancy accessible restroom is located behind the visitor services desk: all restrooms are gender-neutral. Large print didactics are available.

To request access accommodations please contact info@leslielohman.org at least one week in advance of your planned visit.

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