This post was contributed by artists Vasiliki Antonopoulou, Nikolas Kasinos, Dimitrios Michailidis and Penelope Koliopoulou – members of the RELAPSE collective, whose next exhibit ‘Identity’ will run at the Peltz Gallery Birkbeck School of Arts, 43 Gordon Square, from 28 April to 20 May.
RELAPSE – Identity exhibition at the Peltz
On Thursday 19 May, the RELAPSE collective will hold a special event to coincide with its exhibition at the Peltz Gallery.
The evening, which runs as part of Birkbeck Arts Week 2016, will kick off at 6pm in room G01 in the School of Arts with a lecture by Dr Constantinos Phellas (Professor at University of Nicosia, Cyprus). Dr Phellas will address the identity development among ethnic minority lesbians and gay men, specifically Anglo-Cypriot men residing in London.
He will discuss some of the key cultural concepts and relevant historical factors that may shape the development of gay identity among Anglo-Cypriot men and provide accounts of sexual identity experiences provided by second-generation Cypriot gay men living in London to explore how these men negotiate their Cypriot and gay identities.
This first half of the evening will also include a roundtable. As with the collective’s current exhibition at the Peltz, the roundtable will focus on the concept of identity as constructed and performed through social rituals. How is identity embodied? How can its visceral manifestations be explored through art, to question political, social and religious ideologies of sexuality and the body? All will be discussed by attending speakers.
This event will be followed at 7.30pm in the Peltz Gallery itself with a drinks reception for attendees.
About the event:
Performing Bodies, Crossing Borders
- Thursday 19 May, 6-7.30pm (followed by drinks reception to 9pm)
- Room G01
- Lecture by Prof. Constantinos Phellas and roundtable discussion
- Event is free but booking essential
- BOOK HERE
Find out more about the exhibit and RELAPSE in the previous Birkbeck blog article. The exhibition was curated by Dr Gabriel Koureas, and was made possible under the auspices of the Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus, Dr Costas Kadis.
Open Call
Exhibition reviews
The exhibition team are inviting writers to visit our closing reception and submit their reviews.
Please send us your reviews at submissions@relapse-collective.com with the subject ‘reviews’ after the closing of our exhibition (May 19).
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