Cruising Amsterdam
The opening of CRUISING AMSTERDAM at No Limits! Art Castle last Friday was so popular it got shut down by the police...boooooooo! Good thing there's plenty of time to go back before May 31, with a packed public programme of cruise-happy events. For centuries, Amsterdam’s Red Light District has been a hotbed of public fun as waves of sailors, immigrants, sex workers and heaps of queers criss-crossed the neighborhood looking for love or release. In the exhibition, 10 artists shared new and existing work about our shared sexual history and futures in the Dutch capital, including Emil Cañita, Kees de Klein & Cain Wittenhuis, Barnaby Savage, Anton Shebetko, Frank Schallmaier, Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug, and Tusharr Madhavv. Plus, a super handy cruising map and more from Erik Wong.
Saturday, March 7
Warmoes Biennale Opening Day
Procession 14-16:00, starting at Nieuwmarkt
Queer Sex Worker Service 16-17:00 at Brakke Grond
Saturday, March 28
Cruising Amsterdam walking tour, with artist Erik Wong
Wednesday, April 1
Cruising from a crip perspective, with artists Menko Dijksterhuis & Robert Andy Coombs
17-18:00 at NL!AC and online
Friday, April 10
Notes from cruising in an urban forest, interactive lecture with artist Tusharr Madhavv
19-20:00 at NL!AC
Wednesday, April 15,
Blueprinting Diverging Cruising, workshop with Michelangelo Magnini
18:30-20:30 at NL!AC
Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 3
Queer “Content Creator” Festival , curated by Bruce LaBruce
at Drake’s cruising cinema
Saturday, May 16
Cruising Archeology, workshop and book launch with SMUT Press
at De Nieuwe Meer
Sunday, May 17
Cruise Verhalen – Queer is not a manifesto, with artist Barnaby Savage
19-20:30 at NL!AC
Sunday, May 31
Queer Cruising XOX – ‘Is cruising for all queer genders?’ with artist Melanie Bonajo
at NL!AC