Dirty Looks: Kembra Pfahler
Archived Event
No Longer Showing.
Through her ongoing project, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Kembra Pfahler has been performing since the late 1980s in museums, galleries, and clubs the world over. The Kitchen welcomes back Dirty Looks, the bi-coastal platform for queer experimental film, video and performance, for an unprecedented program of cinematic arcana and voluptuous horrors. From the beginnings of her practice through to recently produced material, Pfahler and her illustrious collaborators will present a harrowing evening, sure to bring back the night.
October 30, 8pm
Tickets $20 General / $15 Members
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Dirty Looks: Kembra Pfahler is made possible with support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, and Howard Gilman Foundation; and in part by public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Organized for The Kitchen by Matthew Lyons.
Photo: © Kembra Pfahler. Production still taken by Patrick Staff of Soldier of Female (2017) at The Kitchen.
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