{"id":30859,"date":"2024-02-26T16:48:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihlia.nl\/?page_id=30859"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:12:42","slug":"kin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ihlia.nl\/en\/programme\/exhibitions\/kin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kin."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A look at the first Drag King House in Amsterdam – The House of L\u00f8stbois<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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This exhibition presents us with an inside look at Amsterdam\u2019s first Drag King House \u2013 The House of L\u00f8stbois. Born out of a drag king academy set up by drag educator and mother \u2018Taka Taka\u2019 and artist \u2018Father Julius\u2019 in March 2019. The House of L\u00f8stbois began as a creative exploration of gender, and became so much more; a community, a support system, a family, a source of joy reaching far beyond pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kin<\/em> is a series of photographs made by documentary photographer Stacey Yates \u2013 aka \u2018The Bill Please\u2019, and is the beginning of a broader project giving us a personal insight into the development of this queer world. In sharing these photos Bill provides us with glimpses of intimate and personal moments with his drag siblings while simultaneously exploring his own gender identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Kin\u2019 is used in reference to the term \u2018chosen family\u2019. \u2018What hasn\u2019t been said about queers and family? Indeed queers choose their own. Rejection and isolation births a yearning to be seen for who you are, to be celebrated for it. To truly belong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the L\u00f8stbois rehearsals, gender expectations melt away, allowing space for discovery, excitement and support. Club ChUrch Amsterdam is the habitat for the L\u00f8stbois providing the house with structure, resources, rehearsal space, and of course, a stage. For many, this kind of performance space enables a safe, brave and supportive environment for exploration and play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding one another felt like finding a spring behind the rocks; like building an oasis in the middle of the desert, here behind the heavy doors of queer cruise club \u2013 Club ChUrch. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Location:<\/strong> IHLIA Plaza, Oosterdokskade 143, 3rd floor (OBA Oosterdok)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>14 May \u2013 24 July 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information:<\/strong> Text by Liri Dank aka \u2018Rock De Bizarre\u2019, founding member of the House of L\u00f8stbois<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about the photographer you find on the website of Stacey Yates<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography exhibition at IHLIA Plaza:<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/em> Fabian Landewee<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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