Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the avant-garde masterpiece of queer cinema, Pink Narcissus. This event is a collaboration between Bijou Stories and the Triangle Centre in Deptford. On Saturday, the 14th of October, 2023, we invite you to immerse yourself in a kaleidoscope of captivating visuals and live performance from:
Keziah – a multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans music, writing and performance; her practice focuses on Queer experience and alternative approaches to music-making.
Ewanicorn – an intergalactic octopus who uses their performances to explore themes of fluid bodies, queer representation and non-binary metamorphoses. They can’t wait to take a break from their usual silver affair and venture into the world of wondrous, glorious pink!
Pink Narcissus (18 cert) – meet the original thirst trap, the otherwise unnamed, Pink Narcissus, the star of James Bidgood’s kitschy piece of psychedelic erotica! Lounging around in various tight-fitting costumes – and less – our hero whiles away an evening of onanistic fantasy, dreaming himself into a number of erotically charged scenarios before the realisation that he is little more than another sexual commodity. Made over seven years in the director’s New York flat the film is a triumph of taffeta and coloured gels which belie the film’s low budget to create a heady, fantastical, dream-like world. Originally released in 1971, when it was credited to ‘Anonymous’, the film fits into a lineage of delirious, overheated works of underground erotic art like Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures or Steven Arnold’s Luminous Procuress, but, with the increasing popularity of more explicit films it faded into obscurity and was, for a while, considered lost. The film reappeared and was attributed to photographer/drag queen, James Bidgood in the 80s when
his kitschy, colour saturated works were seen as a clear influence on Pierre et Gilles and gained popularity with the knowing, post-modern 80s audience.
In the UK its reputation was cemented with cult film fans through its regular programming at the Scala cinema in Kings Cross before being picked up by the BFI. The film now has queer classic status, and the high camp, boundlessly creative DIY sets and design are a clear influence on contemporary queer film.
Tickets available from: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/16036/pink-narcissus
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