Andrés

Get ready to kick off your Pride month by getting dragged, gays. Because the late great queer cinema legend Rosa von Praunheim has some tea to spill in his 1971 classic IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE, BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES… and it’s still piping hot 55 years later. An all-out assault on the complacency of white gay men, in particular, this film is radical, bold and vicious (but a whole lot of fun, we promise). It also… basically started a revolution. Like for real. Attacked by German conservatives, progressives and gay activists alike upon release (what other film can say THAT?), the film is credited as conceiving of the idea of homosexuality as a political identity. It also resulted in dozens of gay activism groups forming to the left of older organizations. Many films have been called revolutionary, but this one really truly was: It essentially became the foundational text of the German gay rights movement! It was also the breakout film from von Praunheim, who would become one if the most influential queer filmmakers, authors and activists in both Germany and the world. From the late 1960s to the early 2020s, von Praunheim made over 150 films (!) that worked to redefine the meaning of queer liberation over and over again. He was an absolute legend, and we just lost him on December 17th of last year. This won’t just be a screening… it will be a celebration of him. It will also be a celebration of another radical and bold artist, except this one is both still very much alive and will be joining us in person for a performance before the movie: @vivekshraya . Or, rather, it will be Shraya’s alter ego @uneedvivica who is joining us. Self-described as a horny, chaotic, shapeshifting nepo baby, you are not prepared for what Vivica has in store for us. So, really, we feel like we are offering you an absolutely iconic way to start your Prides: Rosa von Praunheim and Vivek Shraya? Plus you can pick up a copy of this incredible poster by @studioandresgarzon . All at @paradiseonbloor on June 3rd at 7:30pm, with your host @peterknegt . Tickets at link in bio!

HONEY DECKS 💿🍯 APRIL 16 / DOORS 8PM / MUSIC 9PM DJ Open Decks at Honey Dip hosted by: ANGEL @studioandresgarzon Ames The Flames Cutie Pie @jordanjbowden Experienced selectors - we are looking for you! Open decks is an opportunity to play on professional equipment / a real sound system. Been DJing for sometime at home and ready to take the next step? Have your files and USB ready to plug in? 30 minute slots available, sign up required. The team will review all applicants and confirm time slots, subject to demand. Form link in bio. DANCERS, MOVERS: come support up and coming DJ talent - $5/PWYC at the door. New sounds await you. Poster by: @studioandresgarzon

A portrait of the always handsome black lesbian Drag King Stormé DeLarverie, a singer, legendary activist and the first punch at Stonewall 1969. For @loudandqueerstories Loud and Queer Book, with words by Kole Fulmine, thank you George Morton for askin’ me to do this and for putting this huge ongoing project together. I believe there was a partial exhibit of the portraits in London UK, showing how large the collection of artworks and writing has gotten! Full link to the story in my biooo

Ambient Visions, my show featuring 7 colourful drawings conjured up over the last year with @corduroy.earth are up at @relaycoffee in Hamilton until April 8th! ☀️ if you’re in town, go check em out. Thanks again to Lliam and everyone who helped get this work up!

My show Ambient Visions is up in Hamilton at @relaycoffee until April 8th! If you’re in town for the JUNO’s, stop by and check it out, there’s music releases every week along with the show by my pals @imogenwasse and @willemjamescowan 🫂 thanks @corduroy.earth for organizing!! I’ll share some photos later seeeeee ya

HONEY DECKS 💿🍯 MARCH 19 / DOORS 8PM / MUSIC 9PM DJ Open Decks at Honey Dip hosted by: ANGEL @studioandresgarzon Ames The Flames Cutie Pie @jordanjbowden Experienced selectors! We are looking for you - open decks is an opportunity to play on professional equipment / a real sound system. Been DJing for sometime at home and ready to take the next step? Have your files and USB ready to plug in? 30 minute slots available, sign up required. The team will review all applicants and confirm time slots, subject to demand. Form link in bio. Application deadline: March 16th. Read full application details before applying. DANCERS, MOVERS: come support up and coming DJ talent - $5/PWYC at the door. New sounds await you.

Incoming heat, reference images by George Platt Lynes 1954, Pierre et Gilles 1993

Angels, bodies, reference images by Steven Arnold 1981, and Eva Rubinstein 1971

Late last fall I painted a mural live at @sevens.social for @corduroy.earth , behind live music and in collaboration with projections by @alexjsmac ! Dope stuff, very fun, and cool to see it be the backdrop for the DJs at @frissons.ldn . Nearly forgot to share this but thanks to Lliam, Chris and Alex for making this possible!

My heart is throbbing and full after “The Object of Desire” at @racketvintage last week, thank you to Daniel @realtimeartho for hosting, Faith & Francis @faith.alexandra.marie @francispitsadiotis for curating and for including me in this, and of course a very special big and plump thank you to my live model and friend Colin @hkniloc ❤️ The live drawing performance / auction was a hit - 4 poses, slowly undressed, 5 minutes each. So very grateful that all the drawings sold, and an honour to show new drawings alongside some of my favourite artists currently in Toronto. What a horny little dream. What a night. Hope to do more like this soon!

HEAVEN opens again Dec 19 ★ at @honeydipbar SOUNDS BY ANGEL @studioandresgarzon Harina Of OA(SIS) @harinaofoasis Zahra Shakti @zahra.shakti @lunar.rotations ANDYCAPP @thirdatlantic 9PM – LATE $10 Door / PWYC Poster by @studioandresgarzon ★ Original boot drawing by Bruce Rapp (1952-1995) - a gay leather artist and author of “Chicos Modernos”, a Spanish comic novella about young Latinos learning about HIV/AIDS.

Honoured, hard and bursting with excitement to be showing new work and doing a live drawing performance at NATURAL BORN SINNERS: “THE OBJECT OF DESIRE: EROTIC ART SHOW” at @racketvintage next THURS DEC 4, 7 TO 11 PM — 15 ADRIAN AVE C1 Eroticism always entails a breaking down of established patterns - The Object of Desire is an exhibition which explores confrontation - where bodies break from regulated social expectation, becoming ambiguous and hard to define. The beauty of the body, then, is not found in one’s conformity to a standard but in one’s unashamed transgression from it. WORK BY: ANDRÉS GARZON, ANDREW DONNELLY, ANT, FAITH/ KAT/LEA, FRANCIS PITSADIOTIS, MARNI MARRIOTT, LOU ROSE, PARASTOO ANOUSHAHPOUR, RAQUEL SIMÕES/ROSALIE MACBETH PERFORMANCES: 8 PM READING BY KNOWAH HOLDER 9 PM FIGURE DRAWING & LIVE AUCTION BY ANDRÉS GARZON 10 PM PERFORMANCE BY LOU ROSE CO-CURATED BY: FAITH MARIE & FRANCIS PITSADIOTIS FREE/BYOB Thank you @faith.alexandra.marie @francispitsadiotis @racketvintage @realtimeartho