Jimmy DeSana & Paul P.
Lecture and conversation:
The catastrophe that has already happened
with Andrew Pasquier and Andrew Suggs
14 July 24, 4 pm
In English
Venue: KW Studio
Registration via reservation@kw-berlin.de
Jimmy DeSana, Gauze, 1979, Vintage C-print, Copyright Jimmy DeSana Trust. Courtesy of the Jimmy DeSana Trust; P·P·O·W, New York; Meyer Riegger, Berlin/Karlsruhe/Basel; and Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London
Andrew Suggs will give a talk on Jimmy DeSana’s early engagement with mail art and queer zine culture anchored in the discussion of a particular image that DeSana distributed through both these channels, the c. 1973 self-portrait in which he appears to have hanged himself. Looking at other of DeSana’s photographs as rehearsals for death will open up questions around the relationships among death, AIDS, and photography.
Following this talk, Andrew will be joined by Andrew Pasquier, an editor of BUTT Magazine, and other guests who will discuss the contemporary state of queer zines addressing issues of audience, network building, sex and self-publishing and the impact of the internet.
Andrew Pasquier is a freelance writer and editor interested in politics, culture, and design. Currently editor of BUTT magazine and contributor to titles like The Nation, Artforum, PIN-UP, Frieze, and i-D, he recently completed an MA in Political Communication and Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Previously, he was an editor at 032c Magazine in Berlin and global program coordinator at the Urban Design Forum, a non-profit gathering designers, developers and civic leaders to debate issues facing New York City.
Andrew Suggs is a New York based curator and writer whose research centers around art and AIDS. They are currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College where they have extensively researched and written about DeSana. Prior to graduate work at CCS Bard, Andrew worked with a range of non-profit arts institutions, including six years as the Executive Director of Vox Populi (Philadelphia). Their writing has appeared in many exhibition catalogs, including, most recently, Karma’s monograph on Louise Fishman.