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Images on which to build, 1970-1990s, curated by Ariel Goldberg opens at DCASE on April 20th and Dorothy is thrilled to host the afterparty celebration. Featured artists and collectives include: Diana Solís, Joan E. Biren (JEB), Lola Flash, Allen Frame, Frank Franca, the Lesbian Herstory Archives, ART+Positive and the Sexual Minorities Archives, among others.
The exhibition presents a range of photographic practices that used the medium as a tool for collectivity and empowerment within interconnected lesbian, trans, and queer grassroots organizing. IMAGES showcases technologies through which influential image cultures were constructed and circulated and also presents a range of photographic practices to explore the process of learning within alternative schools, workshops, demonstrations, dance clubs, slideshow presentations, correspondences, and community-based archive projects.
Join us for a gathering celebrating their opening! Doors at 6pm and from 7:30-8:30pm curator Ariel Goldberg will lead the artists in a discussion panel followed by a DJ set by TRQPiTECA from 9pm - Midnight.
TRQPiTECA is a Chicago-based artist duo and production company founded by DJs, artists, and producers Natalie Murillo (La Spacer) & Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero (Cqqchifruit) in 2015. TRQPITECA presents unique and inclusive cultural experiences that celebrate diverse communities through art and dance music. TRQPITECA is an LGBTQIA+, women of color owned business that celebrates Chicago’s cultural legacy as the birthplace of house music, a musical genre and cultural phenomenon created by the intersection of Chicago’s black, brown, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Our mission is to create opportunities for people toexperiment, connect, and thrive through the production and experience of art and dance music culture.
Entry is free! RSVPs are encouraged but do not guarentee entry.
Dorothy is 21+ and requires physical ID for all to enter. Dorothy is also ADA accessible with elevator access on Campbell Avenue. If you are a guest who requires elevator access, please wait by the black doors on Campbell Avenue and our staff will be out to assist.
Photo Credit: Diana Solís, Flexing our Muscles: Gathering of Friends, Greenview Street, Lakeview, Chicago, IL, 1981, Archival Piezography Print, 30x40”, Photo Courtesy the Artist
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